Prepare for a Messy 2020 Election Season
Pastors and congregations, fasten your seat belts, secure your crash helmets, and get ready. The 2020 elections are coming, whether we’re ready or not.
God Uses Dog’s Barking to Save Pastor, Family
For the first time in his life, Darrin Crockett is glad God did not answer his prayer.
Bethlehem’s Storied Nativity Church Closes Amid Virus Fears
Palestinian officials on Thursday closed the storied Church of the Nativity in the biblical city of Bethlehem indefinitely over fears of the new coronavirus, weeks ahead of the busy Easter holiday season.
More US Firms Are Providing Faith-Based Support for Employees
It has become standard practice for U.S. corporations to assure employees of support regardless of their race, gender or sexual orientation. There's now an intensifying push to ensure that companies are similarly supportive and inclusive when it comes to employees' religious beliefs.
Faith Groups Gear up Disaster Relief After Deadly Tornadoes in Tennessee
Faith-based disaster groups are gearing up to provide assistance after overnight tornadoes killed at least 21 people across four counties in Tennessee.
Compromising With Evil
Two hundred years ago this month, the Missouri Compromise of 1820 — and the related Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 — shaped the nation in ways that continue to haunt our politics, justice system, and even churches. And it offers critical lessons for us today.
JD Greear, Omar Suleiman to Discuss Christian-Muslim Relations at NC College
This week more than 500 evangelical students will hear Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear and Yaqeen Institute founder Imam Omar Suleiman discuss how evangelicals and Muslims can find a way forward “in a time of unprecedented division and distrust.”
Keynote Speakers Announced for Space for Grace 2020
Jim Wallis and Suzan Johnson Cook are among keynote speakers at American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ Space for Grace 2020 national gathering — “Testify!” — to be held Sept. 23-25, 2020, at the Westin Kansas City (Mo.) at Crown Center.
Top 10 Christian Songs Show Focus on Church Worship
Spotify recently released a list of its top 10 streamed Christian songs from 2019, topped by "You Say" by singer/songwriter Lauren Daigle.
Central Seminary Trustees Name Durso as New President
The Board of Trustees of Central Baptist Theological Seminary elected Dr. Pamela R. Durso as the seminary’s 11th president in a special meeting held on Monday, February 24, 2020. She will begin her duties as president June 1, 2020.