Amy Grant Has Open Heart Surgery to Fix Heart Condition
A publicist for Amy Grant says the contemporary Christian singer had open heart surgery on Wednesday to fix a heart condition she has had since birth.
A Window Into the Hearts and Minds of Billionaire Donors
As the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic toll increases, many billionaires and their foundations are making very public efforts to pitch in.
Southern Baptist Membership Single-Year Drop Largest in More Than a Century
For the 13th consecutive year, the Southern Baptist Convention reported a drop in its membership. Total membership in the Southern Baptist Convention fell almost 2 percent to 14,525,579 from 2018 to 2019. The decline of 287,655 members is the largest single-year drop in more than
Without Annual Meeting, Amid Decline, Southern Baptists Continue Debate on Race, Women’s Roles
The Southern Baptist Convention will not hold its annual meeting as it regularly does each June. But issues its members have long grappled with — including race and the roles of women — continue to be points of controversy in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
Durso Begins Tenure as 11th President of Central Seminary
Elected by Central Seminary’s board of trustees in February after a yearlong nationwide search, Dr. Pam Durso began her new role as the seminary's 11th president on June 1.
Pandemic Lessons…If We’re Paying Attention
COVID-19 has created an avalanche of death, disease, suffering, and uncertainty. One helpful coping device is to find the positives in the midst of all the tragedy. I sat down recently and listed some takeaways. See if you can relate.
Peaceful Church Protest in Brooklyn Brings Disruption, Blessing, and a Call for Change
“No justice, no peace.” It was only a few minutes, though, before a handful in the crowd of Brooklyn protesters mirrored the cadence, but substituted choice curse words of their own. That didn’t last long. “That’s not our movement!” a bystander in the crowd shouted.
NABF, BWA Decry Racial Injustices
Leaders of the North American Baptist Fellowship and the Baptist World Alliance on Wednesday (June 3) issued a statement lamenting and decrying racial injustices and unrest in the United States.
Michigan WMU Director Anticipates Reopening Innovative Ministry Center to Aid Women in Need
Launching an innovative ministry center in metro Detroit has been quite a roller coaster ride for Sue Hodnett and her volunteer ministry team. “We know that if we touch the life of a woman, most of the time we’re touching the life of a whole
Taking the Lord’s Name in Vain (Amid Tear Gas)
It played out like a scene straight out of Isaiah 6. Apocalyptic, vision-like stuff. But then the script changed.