Southern Baptists first arrived in Nigeria when it existed as independent kingdoms. Now, 175 years later, Southern Baptists continue to serve in the West African country home to diverse ethnic groups.
COLLIERSVILLE, Tenn. (BP) – Kirk Baptist Church gathered as a grieving body of believers on Sunday morning (Sept. 8). The church’s pastor, Bobby Mullins, and his wife Wanda were killed due to a car accident Sept. 3.
Jackson described how faith, especially instilled by her now late grandmother, had undergirded her personal and professional life.
Though churches have reported ongoing declines in worship service attendance, their fiscal health has not suffered as significantly because the faithful who continue to attend have been giving more
SALISBURY, Md. (BP) – One year after the release of Send Network’s popular podcast, “Terminal: The Dying Church Planter,” church planter Richard Pope and producer Tony Hudson sat down again to catch up on a rollercoaster of a year. Their conversation revealed an unforeseen outcome.
MT. STERLING, Ill. (BP) – Don Hannel had no plans for change. He had pastored his hometown church of Pleasant Hill in west-central Illinois for nearly 19 years. The church was growing. He had a secure ministry. There was no reason to leave.
NASHVILLE (BP) – Reports showing sustained increases in food and home prices alongside a cooling labor market highlight a continuing challenge for churches.
When the CCLI Top 100 chart first appeared in 1988, most of the songs had one writer. Today, the average hit worship song has at least two writers — who often have ties to the so-called Big Four megachurches.
Pastor Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, California, took to social media this week to implore Christians not to vote for Democrats in November, calling the Democratic Party a death cult
An annual event designed to encourage students to share their faith is opening up to adults this year
A former church administrator in California has been sentenced to over five years in prison for stealing approximately 360,000 from her congregation
