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.
Sixty Michigan congregations have disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church, joining thousands of churches that have departed the mainline Protestant denomination
As far as I can remember, family reunions were a priority in our family. Being a North Carolina native, I remember the many road trips to Virginia, Georgia, Ohio, and Washington D.C. Those gatherings involved travel by automobile, on-the-go lunches prepared by my mother, and the backseat games my siblings…
Prominent Southern Baptist Convention Pastor Mike Stone received a surprising endorsement for his bid to become president of the largest Protestant denomination in the United States on Monday
More than 4,000 people were baptized off the beaches of Southern California on Pentecost Sunday as part of a revival event organized by several congregations
Over 170 congregations in Ohio had their dissafiliation votes ratified this weekend as they seek to leave the second-largest Protestant largest denomination in the United States amid deep theological ...
A crowd of about 70,000 people overflowed the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Saturday as Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, gave a passionate sermon on the ...
PUTNAM, Conn. (BP) – Green Valley Crossing “has seen around a 20 percent increase in attendance since the first of the year, the vast majority of them being spiritually disconnected with no relationship with Christ,” says Pastor Riley Prather. “If this doesn’t slow down, we’ll baptize 20-plus this year.”
NASHVILLE (BP) – As Southern Baptists prepare to gather in New Orleans for the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting, churches have given more than $130 million through the National Cooperative Program Allocation Budget in the first eight months of the fiscal year, with more than $16.3 million given in March.
With Flag Day coming on June 14, several Christian groups hope pastors across the country will lift up a different standard during church services on June 11. The “Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism” initiative is urging pastors to warn against efforts to conflate Christian and American identities.
