New research from Barna Group and the creators of the Alpha course finds nearly half (47%) of practicing Christian millennials — churchgoers who consider religion an important part of their lives — believe that evangelism is wrong. Despite the reticence around the practice, millennials consider themselves good
Six-time WNBA All-Star Maya Moore, a member of the Minnesota Lynx, announced that she will not be playing professional women's basketball this year in order to invest more time with family and "some ministry dreams that have been stirring in my heart for many years." Moore notes that
Uplift Church in Spokane Valley, Wash., does not take itself too seriously, according to Pastor Joe Pittenger, partially because it is located in a failed Hooters bar. What they do take seriously is Jesus. It is an example of churches that are sprouting up in surprising places.
Particularly in American evangelical strains of Christianity, orthodoxy is often viewed as more important than orthopraxy — a word for having the correct conduct. “The Good Place” concerns itself almost not at all with right belief. Read full story
Rising numbers of Americans believe that religious activity can be stopped or pushed entirely into private sanctums without any public cost. Those Americans are mistaken.
Researchers from Baylor University found in general that individual belief in Hell was not in itself connected to any neuroses, and that most people did not display an unhealthy focus on the possibility of eternal damnation. That does not mean belief in hell may not have a
Many wonder why these individuals didn’t come legally in the first place. Why sneak across the border or overstay your visa when you can simply apply for entry?
African Americans are more likely to own a Bible—93 percent of African Americans do, versus 82 percent of Americans overall—and more than twice as likely to say Bible reading is crucial to their daily routine.
Twenty graduates await diplomas in May as the last graduating class of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond.
Despite the fact human trafficking is very real and very under-reported, studies and reports do not find any conclusive data supporting the idea that the Super Bowl leads to a rise in human trafficking.