After several years of measurable decline, giving among evangelical Protestants in the United States appears to have stabilized, according to a new study examining patterns of generosity, political giving and volunteerism.
Elizabeth II of England, Britain’s longest-serving monarch and official head of the Church of England, died Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at age 96. She came to the throne in 1952 and her two titles of Defender of the Faith and Supreme Governor of the Church of England owe their existence to Reformation history.
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (BP) – Ouachita Baptist University senior Clark Yarbrough, a 21-year-old starting defensive lineman on the school’s football team, died Sunday morning, Sept. 4, after a sudden collapse.
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – As Southern Baptists gather on the bayou next June, they’re going to need a place to rest their head. The SBC Executive Committee (EC) is trying to make it easy on messengers as the navigate their way to the Big Easy for the 2023 SBC Annual…
The United Methodist Church Council of Bishops has denounced what they call the idolatry of guns, demanding that measures be taken to curb gun violence in the United States, including restoring a ban ...
GLENROCK, Wyoming (BP) – There were months, years even, in the 40 years Jim Ritter has been pastor of First Southern Baptist Chapel in Glenrock, that paying the light bill and building note came before giving to missions.
NASHVILLE (BP) – As the 2021-22 fiscal year winds down, giving through the national Cooperative Program Allocation Budget sits just shy of $184 million with one month left in the budget year. This year’s giving is poised to greatly exceed last year’s total of $192.2 million and the current year's…