ORLANDO (BP) – The ongoing process of establishing resources for equipping churches to identify and prevent cases of abuse is just that, a process, SBC Abuse and Prevention Response Coordinator Jeff Dalrymple told a group late Sunday afternoon, June 7. And, he added, those in attendance were among the most…
ELKO, Nev. (BP) — An example in contrasts, Nevada is home to the glitz of Las Vegas as well as the loneliest road in America. It appears on lists for both the fastest-growing and least densely populated states. The land has mountains but also vast deserts.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—As the police car headed out of an apartment complex and toward Main Street of a small Tennessee town, Pastor Michael Koontz looked out the window at the Halloween decorations in a small house on the corner.
Organizers said the group included Mennonites from at least 40 different churches, as well as interfaith supporters from Catholic, Lutheran, Jewish, evangelical Christian, and Southern Baptist traditions.
Theologian and author John Piper suggested that it can be appropriate for single pastors to date within their congregations, stressing that religious leaders should be transparent in their desires
The church court stripped the Rev. Thomas Jay Oord, of Nampa, Idaho, of his preaching credentials and expelled him from membership in the 2.5 million-member global denomination.
A Church of England vicar is not obligated to step down despite a congregation s vote of no confidence after his actions allegedly caused attendance to plummet, the diocese says
Some 428 new churches have been planted in states and territories across Australia in the past 13 years, according to latest data figures from a nationwide survey - and 168 of those since 2021. National Church Life Survey (NCLS) Research published the results this month, July, following the “snapshot” from the New Churches Database taken on April 12 2024.
OKLAHOMA CITY (BP) -- Oklahoma Baptists Executive Director Todd Fisher was involved in a serious automobile accident while traveling in Oklahoma to speak at a ministry event July 28.
A serious crisis is brewing in the Diocese of Lahore of the Anglican Church of Pakistan after four directors of the Lahore Diocesan Trust Association (LDTA), which oversees missionary properties worth billions of rupees in Pakistan, moved the high court in Punjab Province alleging financial corruption and fraudulent practices in the organisation.
Bestselling Christian author Max Lucado will join Gateway Church as a teaching pastor while James Morris, the son of the church s embattled founder Robert Morris, stepped down Thursday, only weeks
