As coronavirus started growing in the world’s second-most populous country, India’s government responded March 24 with a nationwide lockdown to prevent the pandemic’s spread in the congested nation — a disruptive response that created even more ministry needs for Baptists there to address.
There’s a famous line in C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe where a character laments that because of the White Witch’s rule over the land of Narnia, it is “always Winter but never Christmas.” But, what about a Spring without Easter?
For the second time in two days, police have charged a pastor with defying public orders against large gatherings by holding church services with hundreds of members.
Nolan Porter is excited to become the next senior pastor at University Heights Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri — and he’s also excited to eventually meet the congregants there. On Sunday (March 29), Porter preached in view of a call at UHBC, but with coronavirus
According to a Pew Research Center survey published March 30, evangelicals are among the most likely to say that they have prayed for an end to the virus, with 82 percent saying they’ve done so. Among religious “nones,” 36 percent say they have prayed about
A denial of science and critical thinking among religious ultraconservatives now haunts the American response to the coronavirus crisis.
More than 1 in 10 regular churchgoers say in-person services at their house of worship are still happening, according to new research. Seventeen percent said they continue to attend in-person church events.
In response to the coronavirus, churches are playing catch-up to get themselves online. Some platforms are eager to help.
As many Americans stock up on weeks of provisions, food pantries, food banks and soup kitchens are figuring out how to get hungry Americans the food they need quickly and safely.
As they comply with guidelines for social distancing and sheltering in place during the pandemic, Southern Baptists across the U.S. are finding creative ways to celebrate the Easter season.
