By Diana Chandler NASHVILLE (BP) — In advance of the nonpartisan National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 22, Southern Baptist leaders are urging Christians to vote responsibly in 2020 nationwide …

By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) – Pro-life advocates are bracing for an assault next year on a federal policy that has protected the consciences of many Americans and saved the lives of an estimated …

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — Every church has adjusted some aspects of ministry since the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic. But even as the effects of COVID-19 continue to press into the …

In the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Send Relief has been dropping supplies at churches where Southern Baptist Disaster Relief will host operations for feeding and recovery activity for story …

The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas. GOOGLE MAPS/AP-RNS (RNS) — Criminal charges have been dropped against a former associate children's minister at The Village …

By Sarah Rankin and Elana Schor RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University is opening an independent investigation into Jerry Falwell Jr.'s tenure as president, a wide-ranging inquiry that will …

The building of First Baptist Church Gulfport, Miss., was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. The church now sits 10 miles further inland. BP file photo By Diana Chandler GULFPORT, Miss. (BP) — The …

Editor's note: a similar comparison to the Democratic platform can be found here. By David Roach CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) — This year’s Republican National Convention …

Kason Branch, a member of the SBTC 2021 Vision Team, delivers a portion of the team's report during the Aug. 18 SBTC Executive Board meeting. Team members Randi Kent, left, and Tony Wolfe, right, are …

Chelsey Nelson runs a wedding photography and blogging business in Louisville. She is involved in a suit against Jefferson County Metro Government. ADF By Tom Strode …

Jerry Falwell Jr., right, answers a student’s question, along with his wife, Becky, during a town hall on the opioid crisis at a convocation at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., on Nov. 28, …

Photo courtesy of Google Maps By Julie Walters BIRMINGHAM — In response to a decline in sales due to COVID-19, national WMU announced Aug. 5 it is …

Margaret Sanger WIKIPEDIA COMMONS By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) — Pro-life advocates, including a Southern Baptist, welcomed a Planned Parenthood …

Statues of famous Americans line the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. RNS/AP By Yonat Shimron (RNS) — A life-sized statue of the Rev. Billy Graham will be installed in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall …

K. Marshall Williams, pastor of Nazarene Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pa., prays with Barry Whitworth, executive director/treasurer of the Baptist Resource Network of Pennsylvania/South Jersey. …

Will Dismukes resigned as pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church four days after giving the invocation July 25 at a birthday celebration for Nathan Bedford Forrest. GOOGLE PHOTO PRATTVILLE, Ala. (BP) …

Image courtesy of Baptist Press JACKSON, Miss. — The Baptist Record , state newspaper of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, has announced it will cease its …

By Diana Chandler NASHVILLE (BP) — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, an ordained preacher who studied theology at a college co-founded by the Southern Baptist Convention, is being remembered as a …

NEW ORLEANS — Citing that a district court’s ruling was “premature,” the lawsuit brought by Will McRaney against the North American Mission Board has received a second wind from the U.S. …

Southridge Church in San Jose welcomes guests during July 5 worship, held at Calvary Chapel San Jose. Southridge Pastor Micaiah Irmla does not intend to comply with California Gov. Gavin Newsom's new …

By Aaron Earls NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As churches begin to regather and eventually restart their children’s ministry during COVID-19, leaders should keep other unseen dangers in mind – like sex …

By Diana Chandler MEMPHIS, Tenn. (BP) — Parents of a teenage girl who was sexually abused by a former part-time employee of Bellevue Baptist Church are suing the church. The suit alleges negligence …

DULUTH — The latest numbers indicate that attendance for the SPARK Conference will easily outpace previous years’ figures for the annual training event sponsored by the Georgia Baptist Mission …

By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) — The U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed in two 7-2 rulings Wednesday that churches and religious organizations are free to make employment and health …

Mike Stone  is the pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Blackshear, the immediate past chairman of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, and the immediate past …