DALLAS (BP) — A Nov. 24 update during a worship service asked members of First Baptist Church to give toward its missions offering that will also go toward the rebuild of its historic sanctuary damaged in a July fire.
As American pastors have grown increasingly discontent with their profession, more than half have seriously considered leaving pastoral ministry since 2020 for various reasons, a new study from the ...
Post-pandemic burnout is at worrying levels among Christian clergy in the U.S., prompting many to think about abandoning their jobs, according to a new nationwide survey.
In 2004, Southern Baptists voted to allow their insurance and retirement agency to work with other churches. The latest denomination to sign up is the Global Methodist Church, made up of former United Methodists.
International House of Prayer Kansas City has announced the resignation of IHOP University President David Sliker as the ministry continues losing leaders weeks after permanently cutting ties with ...
A ministry resource center at a seminary based in Washington, D C , has listed seven trends that it believes will impact church leadership in the new year
At the start of this new year, I’d like to invite all of us as Southern Baptists to think of 2024 as the year before a big birthday. I’d like us to think in terms of anticipation, excited expectancy, and yes, year-long preparation for 2025, when together we will celebrate…
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mo. (BP) –At 5:30 on Thursday morning, Jan. 4, Pastor James Leezer of Williamstown’s Providence Baptist Church got a call with bad news no pastor wants to hear: “The church and the parsonage are on fire.”
A Missouri priest has been found guilty of sexual solicitation during confession in what the diocese has condemned as a sacrilege and a grave form of abuse
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has again needed to undergo surgery due to internal bleeding, with the clergyman recovering at the hospital following the procedure