A recent research project has highlighted concerns about the effective quality of Christian faith in the United States of America. It revealed a highly privatized and personalized faith with limited public impact and relatively low confidence in salvation. Back to the Bible recommends that churches worldwide learn from the American data and make an urgent shift from activity metrics to transformation outcomes to assess the impact of our faith in the world.
According to an insect identification database, 647 types of bugs and insects are found in Alabama. Some downright scare me. I looked at images of each until I located the entry most resembling the flying insect I watched from a chair on my back deck.
NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Three of the six churches deemed not to be in friendly cooperation with the Southern Baptist Convention have announced their plans to appeal the decision made by the Executive Committee. The appeals are scheduled to be heard during the Tuesday, June 13, afternoon business session of…
NORFOLK, Va. (BP) -- Eric Thomas, pastor at First Baptist Norfolk, announced Friday that he intends to nominate Louisiana pastor Geven Spinney for the office of Southern Baptist Convention first vice president at next week's SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
More than 100 congregations in South Carolina have been given the greenlight to leave The United Methodist Church, joining thousands of others who have done the same since last year
Notable conservative Christian broadcaster and political activist Pat Robertson, widely known as the long-serving host of the popular Christian Broadcasting Network program The 700 Club, has died He ...
There are usually two types of people when it comes to setting the alarm to wake up in the morning. Person number one (this is me) – sets the alarm for the last possible minute to when you actually need to wake up to not be late. Person number two…
NASHVILLE (BP) – Texas pastor and current SBC President Bart Barber and Georgia pastor Mike Stone are the two known candidates to be nominated for SBC president at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting. Louisiana pastor Steven James is scheduled to nominate Barber, and Florida pastor Willy Rice will nominate Stone.
The Reformed resurgence swept through evangelicalism in the early 2000s, fueled by Calvinism, charisma, and complementarianism. Despite the fall of a number of leaders, the movement retains staying power.
The Kentucky Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church has voted to allow 286 congregations to leave the mainline Protestant denomination over its ongoing debate over LGBT issues
