News Articles from 2017

PHILADELPHIA (BP) – Scripture engagement among American adults is at its lowest point in the 14 years the American Bible Society has commissioned the annual State of the Bible report, researchers said in releasing the first chapter of the 2024 report.

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Mike Johnson, facing a choice between potentially losing his job and advancing aid for Ukraine, forged ahead Wednesday (April 16) toward a vote later this week on a package of funding that also includes Israel and Taiwan. After agonizing over how to proceed on the package for days, the Republican […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's transgender sports ban violates the rights of a teen athlete under Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools, an appeals court ruled Tuesday (April 16).

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) – Monday morning (April 15), Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary welcomed its board of trustees and Southeastern Society (SES) to campus for their biannual meetings. This year, in addition to the plenary sessions and institutional updates, Southeastern celebrated the 20th anniversary of its president, broke ground on a new dining hall extension to the Ledford Student Center and commissioned more than 80 students and their families for service in the mission field.

SEYMOUR, Tenn. (BP) – Dan Spencer, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Sevierville, Tenn., has become the sixth nominee for the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis.

ONTARIO, Calif. – In a unanimous vote on Monday, April 15, Gateway trustees elected Adam Groza as Gateway Seminary’s eighth president during their spring 2024 meeting. His term begins May 13.

ERLC to host online event on Christian political engagement; Ben Mandrell guest on ‘Road to Indy’ episode.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Four years after schools shut down due to fears about COVID-19, with some extending the absence of in-person learning through the 2020-21 academic year, the data is in.

The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing over disputes on sexuality and theology.