Scott Barkley

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP) – Accusations of sexual abuse going back 10 years have brought sexual battery charges and the arrest of a former youth pastor and minister who was on staff or volunteered at several Jacksonville-area churches.

CASPER (BP) – Its distinction as the country’s least populous state can factor into the tendency to overlook Wyoming. Doing so, however, means missing a response to the Gospel that is both indicative of the ministry work there, as well as what is achievable anywhere else.

NASHVILLE (BP) – More platforms may exist to provide news, but that parallels a decrease in the level of trust people place in them. Furthermore, a growing availability of AI chatbots does not make them trusted news sources, with teens and adults alike remaining skeptical.

NASHVILLE (BP) – As artificial intelligence grows in its capabilities, so does the importance of Christians sifting through a growing number of books and other resources that are generated quickly through AI, but bring a host of issues for readers.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (BP) – Roger Freeman and Ronny Raines have a standing tee time on Friday mornings at the Clarksville Country Club. Both pastors, they talk about life, family and what’s going on in church.

When he was much younger, Derrick Watkins' mom thought she knew the best route for her son. It’s a plan most parents would push. But for Derrick, it wasn’t the right one.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Calls to lower the temperature of political rhetoric renewed after a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night (April 25) that left one officer injured.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP) – Scott Connell and other organizers of the Southern Baptist Church Music Conference felt that 2026 could bring around 500 attendees to the annual event. That was big dreaming, considering that three years ago it was canceled due to lack of interest. The conference came back in 2024 with 200 participants. Last year, 250 showed up.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Keith Boggs speaks to about 3,000 men a year in a variety of settings across the country. He has a good feel for the issues at the forefront of men’s ministry and how churches address them.

WASHINGTON (BP) – The Supreme Court announced on Monday (April 20) that it will not reconsider its landmark 1990 religious freedom decision that lower courts cited in a Colorado dispute over Catholic preschools and LGBTQ families, but it will hear arguments over how that ruling applies in the case.