Researchers from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research said the median congregation grew from 65 in 2020 to about 70 today. That is not enough to erase earlier declines, but it is noteworthy.
Thousands filled ExCeL London to capacity on Saturday evening for the return of the God Loves You Tour, led by Rev. Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and Samaritan’s Purse. With attendance exceeding 17,000, the venue reached its increased maximum capacity of 15,000, prompting security to turn away several thousand people, according to organizers.
After the United States carried out coordinated strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites Saturday, pastors and churches across America shared various viewpoints on President Donald Trump for the
The Presbyterian Church in America started its 52nd annual General Assembly meeting on Monday in Chattanooga, Tenn. The five-day event will consist of seminars from various speakers and worship servic...
Federal prosecutors filed an intervening lawsuit against the state of Washington over a state law requiring Roman Catholic priests to divulge information shared during the sacrament of confession, the...
TEHRAN, Iran (BP) – Christians in Iran are between a rock and a hard place as tensions flare internationally, but an Iranian American church planting director at The Summit Church in North Carolina wants his Southern Baptist family to keep a few things in mind. Succinctly, the Islamic Republic, not…
Franklin Graham calls on Christians to pray following U.S. bombings of Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities, as Iran warns of retaliation.
Humans are wired to notice what’s wrong. Negative information sticks. There’s a reason political campaigns use attack ads—they work. Fear grabs attention.
CAVE SPRING, Ga. (BP) – Losing a school that has been stitched into a community for generations is unthinkable for a town, until it happens.
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart remains hospitalized with no change in his condition since last week, when family found him unconscious after a severe heart attack
NASHVILLE (BP) – Like missions, theological education was on the hearts and minds of Southern Baptists from before the Convention’s founding in 1845.
