ALBANY, N.Y. (BP) – Responding to culture’s toughest questions about the faith was the focus of the first-ever apologetics conference presented by the Baptist Convention of New York (BCNY), April 24-25, in Albany. More than 250 attended.
NASHVILLE (BP) – Throughout 2020 and into 2021, predictions emerged about the COVID-19 pandemic’s long-term effects on churches. Those included that a hybrid experience would become the norm, an abundance of church closures was on the horizon and in-person numbers may never fully recover.
Religious freedom advocates last week called on the Chinese government to release Ma Yan, a 32-year-old pastor imprisoned for months in the northern Ningxia Province near Mongolia. Authorities detaine...
A church in Sunderland has been heavily criticised for draping a communion altar with a 'Progress Pride' flag, an updated version of the rainbow flag that includes symbols and colours to represent trans, black and intersex people.
The U K -based group Christian Solidarity Worldwide has urged authorities in China to release Ma Yan, a 32-year-old Christian pastor jailed over an allegedly illegal Christian gathering
A female pastor at an Anglican church in northeast England is facing widespread criticism for placing the trans-inclusive Progress Pride flag on a Communion table
Evangelicals in Ukraine do not favor a peace agreement that grants territory to Russia, as the Russian military already seeks to end the evangelical presence in the areas it controls, according to sources from Ukraine.
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Louisiana Baptists, other non-profit organizations, law enforcement agencies and civilians worked together to reunite 15 missing children with their families in the days leading up to last weekend’s Super Bowl LIX in the New Orleans Superdome.
KANSAS CITY (BP) — A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of two Christian counselors could have far-reaching implications for religious freedom and parental rights, say attorneys for the plaintiffs.
AUSTIN, Texas (BP) – The Supreme Court of Texas has issued a ruling on two questions raised in a case brought against Paige Patterson and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary by a plaintiff known as Jane Roe.