Efforts are underway to seek UNESCO World Documentary Heritage inscription and national documentary cultural heritage designation for EXPLO ’74, a large-scale evangelistic gathering widely regarded as a catalyst for Korea’s national evangelization movement and the rapid growth of the Korean church.
Australia-based Hillsong Church lost nine of its 16 American campuses in the last two weeks, The New York Times reported, as pastors severed ties with the organization. Hillsong Atlanta lead pastor S...
The Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has sued one of their pastors for signing a contract to sell a $2 million Manhattan cooperative apartment he was given to use as a parsonage more than 30 years ago.
Former Hillsong pastors Zhenya and Vera Kasevich allege that Hillsong founder Brian Houston was always aware of Carl Lentz’s immoral behavior, yet refused to address his actions due to his popularity.
Village Church Pastor Matt Chandler told his congregation that, for Christians, “suffering is normal” and stressed that only Christianity — not the secular world or other religions — handles suffering, trials and pain “honestly.”
A Southern Baptist relief organization recently hosted several aid efforts in Mississippi, including one at a church that helped to oversee a free dental care event.
As the shared compassion ministry of the International Mission Board (IMB) and the North American Mission Board (NAMB), Send Relief is working through a vast network of IMB missionaries, field partners and local churches to care for Ukrainian refugees across Eastern Europe. The IMB’s long-term relationships in Ukraine have aided…
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. (BP) – The Baptist Convention of New England has changed its name to the Baptist Churches of New England, per a vote by its board on March 17. Founded in 1983, the BCNE’s new name reflects an updated approach to ministry, said its executive director, Terry Dorsett. “While…
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Javier Chavez, pastor of Amistad Cristiana Church in Gainesville, Ga., will be a candidate for the recording secretary position at this summer’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. The announcement came March 30 in a statement released by the leadership team of Amistad Cristiana International, Inc., the…
FORT WORTH (BP) – When Ramon Velez came from his native Puerto Rico, it was to seek medical care for his daughter who suffers from a neurological condition. He didn’t expect that God’s path for him would include pastoring a church. Now that church, Una Nueva Familia, is experiencing tremendous…
Disciple-making is the primary call of every pastor, and most recognize this as a skill they should continue to develop as church leaders. According to the latest release in Lifeway Research’s 2022 Greatest Needs of Pastors study, U.S. Protestant pastors say disciple-making and technology are the two areas of skill development they most…
