Boko Haram Attacks Predominantly Christian Community in Nigeria
The terrorist group Boko Haram destroyed three worship sites and an unspecified number of houses in northeast Nigeria Friday night (Feb. 21), according to area residents.
ERLC Trustee Officers Instruct ‘Not to Comply’ with Task Force Inquiry
Officers of the Board of Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission strongly objected to the formation of a task force to study the ERLC's effectiveness and instructed the entity and its leadership "not to comply" with the inquiry.
MBC Backs Embattled Trustee
Leaders of the Missouri Baptist Convention defended a pastor accused by police of not properly handling a case of a staff member sexually abusing boys. However, they did not address the key allegation, and they misrepresented the nature of the claims.
US Chinese Churches on the Front Lines of Coronavirus Vigilance
While no Americans have died from the coronavirus thus far, it is the Chinese American community that has borne the brunt of the health scare and it has also been the one to implement wide-ranging safety precautions.
Solidarity Over Segregation: Faith-Based Coalitions Organize Across Races, Religions
More than a half century after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. challenged the Christian church to "remove the yoke of segregation from its own body," an estimated one-sixth of U.S. congregations have succeeded in becoming at least partly multiracial — but not without struggles.
SBU Investigates ‘Imposed’ Trustee
Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri, announced Feb. 22 that it would hold a special-called meeting of its Board of Trustees on Monday (Feb. 24) to consider actions regarding a new trustee accused of mishandling the sexual misconduct case of another church staffer. The trustee
How Group Led to ‘Free Speech Booth’ at St. Louis Airport
Two men sit at this booth, on stools they bring themselves, six or seven days a week. Their spot is one of three free speech booths at Lambert that often puzzle travelers with their signs nodding to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Faith for Those Without Ears to Hear
For years, my husband would say after we returned from the church, "I thought the sermon was good." To that, I would reply, "I didn't hear the sermon, as usual."
Justices Return for Season of Big Decisions, Amid Campaign
For a Supreme Court that says it has an allergy to politics, the next few months might require a lot of tissues, as it is poised to make decisions in cases dealing with President Donald Trump's tax and other financial records, abortion, LGBT rights, immigration,
Miracle Off the Ice: Lake Placid Baptist Church Traces Roots to 1980 Olympics Ministry
David Book didn't have a ticket to the hockey game on Feb. 22, 1980, that earned the description "Miracle on Ice." He lived half a mile from the arena, but it was the toughest ticket in town to get.