A decade after a small gathering in 2016 first sought to name and address the distinct ways religious persecution affects women, the Marcham+10 conference began on Friday (April 17), highlighting both progress and persistent challenges in confronting what is now widely termed “gender-specific religious persecution.”
Bestselling author and evangelist Ray Comfort says he was falsely accused of chasing down a woman in Southern California in what he called a bizarre incident
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled Tuesday to end the Vermont Principles’ Association’s two-year ban on Mid Vermont Christian School’s participation in state-sponsored sporting ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) – The 2026 SBC Pastors’ Conference aims to feature events for every member of a church leadership team. Conference President Aaron Bergener provided details in a video released Tuesday.
This issue of A Public Witness covers a 1979 Sunday School lesson from President Jimmy Carter — with concerns eerily fitting for 2025 — taught at the First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C.
Chet Snyder, pastor of The Journey church in Fairfield, Illinois, who is also the head girls volleyball coach at Frontier Community College, is now facing multiple sexual assault charges from two
A recent court ruling has decided the ownership of church properties in a dispute between the United Methodist Church and the theologically conservative Global Methodist Church
Should churches and missionary ministries focus on sending more expatriates to lead business development initiatives in other countries, or is the greater impact found in equipping and supporting local nationals to build ministry oriented and supporting businesses in their own regions? Read on for key principles that support an answer.
A new White House initiative encouraging people to pray for America claims to have the backing of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. But a spokesperson for the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee told Word&Way that’s not accurate.
The attorney general of New South Wales (NSW), Australia last week reaffirmed a ban on praying for sexually struggling people even if they request it.
A Dallas-area megachurch has chosen a new senior pastor nearly two years after the sudden passing of former pastor Bryan Dunagan
