NASHVILLE, Tenn., (BP) -- With the unfolding of a new year comes opportunities for new commitments, resolutions and goals. For many, these goals include dedications to Bible reading and thus, specific Bible reading plans.
(RNS) — The past 10 years have witnessed monumental demographic shifts in the U.S., catastrophic natural disasters and new urgency on climate change, and a reckoning on sex abuse among religious groups. What will the next decade hold?
BATON ROUGE, La. (BP) -- Blake Ferguson has had a remarkable football career in a unique position. But Sundays have another special meaning for the professional football prospect. Ferguson is a committed Christian.
(RNS) — Over the last decade, prominent people — household names and lesser-known leaders on social and moral issues — died after playing an outsized role in the realm of religion.
(RNS) — One of the holiest days of the Christian year is right around the corner.We need more churches and we need more Christians to take the teachings of Jesus seriously and risk it all for the sake of healing the world.
STAFFORD, Va. (AP) — The holidays came early for some Virginia families struggling to pay school lunch debt.
(RNS) — Several recent examples demonstrate an atypically religious — and particularly Christian — impeachment process, with lawmakers, faith leaders and even members of the same famous evangelical family invoking the Almighty while making the case for and against the president.
(WW) -- With victims of fires holding a special place in her heart, Nebraska firefighter Carissa Smith began a local ministry targeted to help the victims of fires and disasters, as well as the first responders who work those tough scenes.
Economic security programs, also known as social safety nets, have been vital in efforts to reduce poverty over the past 50 years, according to a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report published in late November.
NEW ORLEANS — Baptist Friendship House has stood as a beacon of hope in the heart of New Orleans for 75 years. Changing ministries to meet the city's greatest needs, according to Executive Director Kay Bennett, has “kept it alive and vibrant as it has