Charitable giving up slightly but still ailing
Charitable giving is trickling back up as the economy heals, but it could take years to return to pre-recession levels, nonprofit leaders say.
Christ is still looking for radicals
It hasn't been too many years ago that pastors, Bible study teachers and youth ministers challenged members to be "radical Christians." Those two words are hardly used together these days. But remember, Jesus once preached a radical sermon about relating to God and others. Even
Reduced financial contributions still a problem, CBF council told
TAMPA, Fla. -- Sagging financial contributions remain a challenge for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, members of the group’s Coordinating Council were told June 22.
On race, there is still work to do
Why be reminded of the painful history of slavery and the Civil War 150 years later? Because at its root, the problem of racial reconciliation and appreciation has not been fully resolved.
After 400 years, does King James still rule?
Supporters have called it “the book that changed the world.” Detractors have derided it as archaic and inaccurate. But few dispute the impact the King James Version of the Bible has made over the last four centuries.
111-year-old ‘Jewell’ still going strong
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From the standpoint of years alone, one resident of The Baptist Home in Arcadia Valley outranks every other senior
Fear not, Jesus said — but some Christians still do
Perfect love, wrote the Apostle John, casts out fear. But 2,000 years after those words were written, many disciples of Christ still find their lives dominated by fear.
Religious liberty in China improving, still room for progress
Religious liberty in China is expanding, and the Chinese Christian community is growing, but American observers continue to hope for more progress.
Church bus accident claims one life; another teen still critical
SHREVEPORT, La. —A Baptist church’s youth minister is recovering at home from injuries he received July 12 when the bus carrying his youth group to a Georgia camp rolled over on a Mississippi interstate highway, injuring 23 passengers — one fatally. Meanwhile, another passenger
Faith-based council still finding its footing
Advisers tapped to help guide the White House’s revamped faith-based office say their role still is evolving as the initiative expands its portfolio and tries to find its footing in the young Obama administration.