According to recent estimates, African Americans comprise as few as 1 percent of international missionaries. Similar stats about the rarity of missionaries from other demographics are easy to find as well. For the glory of God and the sake of the nations, we need to
Several months after creating a peer assessment committee to explore its issues of faith, learning, and doctrine, Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo., announced the committee’s key finding, without specifying details, that the school had not clearly implemented its Statement of Faith across campus.
(RNS) — More churches are using background checks that sift through more than 600 million felony, misdemeanor and traffic records, and perhaps most importantly, the nationwide sex offender registry. But experts say that may give churches and other religious groups a false sense of security
To experience the Bahamas -- where this year's Baptist World Alliance annual meeting was held -- means more than just hanging out on the beach. This is a country, after all, where income inequality means most citizens can’t afford to spend a week at one
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (Western Recorder) -- Denver Copeland candidly says he is an "out of the box" pastor. His track record in almost three years shepherding Stithton Baptist Church gives evidence to that perspective.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury on Monday found that Katy Perry's 2013 hit "Dark Horse" improperly copied a 2009 Christian rap song in a unanimous decision that represented a rare takedown of a pop superstar and her elite producer by a relatively unknown artist.
Christian leaders in the U.S. are speaking out against Christian nationalism, joining an initiative spearheaded by BJC and signing on to a statement of opposition.
(RNS) — After 183 years as a Roman Catholic nation, Bolivia officially became a secular country in 2009, when a new constitution dropped any mention of the historic faith of its Spanish colonial rulers, bolstering the position of its precolonial religions. The surprising winners in
WACO—Jeremy Everett, author of I Was Hungry: Cultivating Common Ground to End an American Crisis, believes a divided nation can find common ground in a battle to eliminate chronic hunger.
(RNS) — The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., has been criticized for favoring the Protestant Bible, questionable and misappropriated antiquities, partnering groups and, most recently, admitting to Dead Sea Scroll fragment forgeries. Now many of the academic community's critiques have been collected