Survey Spotlights American Views on Sin
NASHVILLE (BP) -- According to a study released this week, two-thirds of Americans (67 percent) say they are sinners. And most people apparently aren't too happy about
Missions in the Digital Age: The Good, Bad, Ugly
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- There was a time when the thought of international missions conjured up images of a complete and irrevocable break with the
Baylor Ordered to Turn Over Documents in Sex Assault Lawsuit
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered Baylor University to turn over information —including interview recordings
Looking Back on Legal Promises
As Missouri Baptist Convention leaders sought to justify their decision to sue five Missouri Baptist institutions, they made some promises to messengers and other Missouri
Marking 15 Years of Missouri Baptist Lawsuits
On Aug. 13, 2002, the Missouri Baptist Convention filed its first lawsuit against five Baptist institutions that shifted to self-perpetuating boards. Fifteen years and several million dollars later, 40 percent of the cases remain unresolved.
Kurt Warner’s Hall of Fame Career Defined by Faith
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Kurt Warner's faith in Jesus Christ is more than a personal, off-the-field commitment that had little impact on his success as an NFL
Texas Pastor: ‘God Has Given Trump Authority to Take out Kim Jong-Un’
(RNS) — God has given President Trump the “authority to take out Kim Jong-Un,” according to the Rev. Robert Jeffress, one of the president’s key evangelical Christian
Clergy Preach Peace During Kenyan National Elections
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Peaceful voting and an impressive turnout are buoying this East African country’s clergy, who made a energetic effort to quell the
Internally Displaced Persons ‘Left Behind’ by Aid Efforts
<img class=" alignleft size-full wp-image-53281" src="https://wordandway.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/iraq-camp.jpg" width="127" height="78" alt="Roughly 40 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) are currently in 50 nations, according to a United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) report. Displaced by conflict, impacts of climate change and natural disasters,
Is This Unearthed Fishing Village the Birthplace of Three of Jesus’ Apostles?
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Archaeologists excavating in northern Israel believe they may have discovered the biblical city of Bethsaida, the hometown of