Jimmy Carter to Teach Sunday School Days After Breaking Hip
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter plans to teach Sunday School this weekend just days after undergoing surgery for a broken hip, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
Nigeria Violence Draws Joint Religious Liberty Cry
ABUJA, Nigeria (BP) -- Escalating violence that has killed thousands of Christians in Central Nigeria must be addressed by the international Christian community and a Nigerian government that has harassed victims, a global religious liberty coalition noted after its 2019 consultation in Abuja
Seminary President Says Women Should Not Preach from the Pulpit
Southern Baptist seminary president Albert Mohler, who once long ago advocated women’s ordination, now says females should not preach from the pulpit on Sunday morning.
U.S. Prison Population Drop Continues; Racial Disparities Remain
While the U.S. prisons population declined in 2017, according to a Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report published in late April, the imprisonment rate for black adult males was still six times the rate of white adult males.
Longtime Baptist Journalist Jim Burton Dies at 63
CUMMING, Ga. (BP) -- Jim Burton, 63, Southern Baptist international photojournalist and storyteller and Baptist Press contributor, died on May 10 after living with ALS for six years.
Southwestern Seminary Turmoil Leaves Stained Glass Artists Picking Up the Pieces
FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — Stained glass is fragile. So, too, are the fortunes of a stained glass artist. Don Young and his wife, Debora, were reminded of that lesson last month with the abrupt cancellation of a lucrative, once-in-a-lifetime commission.
Jewell Receives $5 Million Gift for New Sports Center
The Sunderland Foundation has provided a $5 million lead gift for construction of a new Center for Sports and Fitness at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo.
Ireland Bars Christian Fundamentalist Pastor from Entering Country
An anti-gay US Christian fundamentalist pastor who has been accused of Holocaust denial has become the first person to be barred from entering Ireland under a 20-year-old immigration law.
Welcome to Church. Want to Take a Selfie?
More Americans went to church yesterday, Mother’s Day, than any other day in the past year besides Christmas and Easter. And thanks to church photo booths, more families than ever have the pics to prove it.
Sowing Division, Islamists Target Christians in Burkina Faso
(RNS) — A rash of attacks on churches in Burkina Faso is exposing the growing challenge of containing Islamist violence across Africa’s Sahel region.