3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1029+ words) Senior pastors at Southern Baptist churches have had to make do with less pay and even less purchasing power recently. Compared to two years ago, the average Southern Baptist pastor’s pay package and total compensation have decreased while inflation continues…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (680+ words) Brian was 25 minutes late for the next deacons meeting. He had a pre-marriage counseling session before the meeting and needed to complete a crucial part of the conversation. He sent a text to Trip and told him to go ahead…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (246+ words) What do you get when a pharmaceutical rep, an assistant superintendent of education, and a banker walk into a church? For Green Valley Baptist Church in Pontotoc, Mississippi, it’s a 13 member staff of entirely bivocational ministers with no formal training…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (169+ words) Secularism is making headway in the U.S., according to Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), while data from Pew Research Center paint a mixed picture. In the past decade, elected lawmakers on Capitol Hill who said they were not affiliated with a religion…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (329+ words) Between 2024 and 2025, the number of Americans going to a Christian church at least twice a year grew by 8 million. Recent research from the American Bible Society called the trend encouraging — even as a closer look revealed deeper concerns and some…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (256+ words) In a new national study, evangelical Christians have graded their spiritual lives as roughly a C+ when weighed against 12 discipleship categories. “When some evangelicals say they are struggling spiritually, they usually are not being overly critical — they are being honest,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (256+ words) In a new national study, evangelical Christians have graded their spiritual lives as roughly a C+ when weighed against 12 discipleship categories. “When some evangelicals say they are struggling spiritually, they usually are not being overly critical — they are being honest,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1332+ words) In recent decades, there has been a revolution in how Protestants worship. Services were once centered around prayer, hymns, a sermon and the Lord’s Supper, also known as Communion. Now, many worship services resemble a Coldplay concert followed by a…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (130+ words) First person: Alabama Army chaplain provides ‘faithful presence’ in war’s darkest moments A pastor with the Church of Christ In Nations (COCIN), an evangelical church in Nigeria, has died of a snakebite in the mission field where he was serving....