A court in Russia on Thursday (Dec. 18) found a Russian priest guilty of “showing an overt disrespect for society” and imposed a 30,000 Ruble ($379) fine after authorities last month beat him, shaved his hair and beard and shocked him with a stun gun.
MATHIS, Texas (BP) – Pastor Felix Treviño knew the metric stating a healthy church should have one baptism per year for every 15 people in average worship attendance, but First Baptist Church of Mathis simply was not seeing God move in that way.
ALPHARETTA, Ga.(BP) – More than 300 women from across the United States and Canada attended a Women’s Evangelism Conference at the North American Mission Board (NAMB) April 8-9. The event challenged women to be part of what God is doing to expand His kingdom as they proclaim the Gospel.
The United Methodist Church s legislative meeting will have an unofficial caucus of LGBT-identified clergy advocating for changes in the denomination s stance on homosexuality
Notable Evangelical pastor, author, and radio personality Chuck Swindoll is stepping down as senior pastor of Stonebriar Community Church, a Texas megachurch based in Frisco, but he will continue to ...
A group of Christian clergy, theologians and scholars who took part in the inaugural conference of the Yale Divinity School s Center for Public Theology Policy this week signed a declaration ...
A new report has found that Pope Francis’s favorability rating among American Catholics has fallen from 83 percent in 2021 to 75 percent in 2024, with those who view the pontiff unfavorably also saying he represents a change in the direction of the church.
The pastor of a historic large Baptist church in West Texas has resigned two weeks after being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol
Some find the constant pop of the wiffle ball batted about by oversized ping pong paddles annoying. Others see a sport encouraging exercise, multigenerational competition, and camaraderie. Regardless, pickleball is here to stay. It’s called the fastest-growing recreational sport in the U.S., although it has been around since 1965, invented…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Following the April 4 retirement announcement of Tommy Green, who has served as Florida Baptists’ executive director-treasurer since June 2015, Aaron Burgner, president of the Florida Baptist State Board of Missions, has appointed a nine-member team to begin the search process to name a new executive director-treasurer for…
LENEXA, Kansas (BP) – Steve Dighton will nominate David Crowther to serve as Southern Baptist Convention first vice president at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting. Crowther is the pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Wichita.
