Churches and Ministry

Pastors must be prepared to respond to tragedy. It is inevitable in our world.

WASHINGTON (BP) – Brad Robertson was a new college graduate embarking on a career in Washington when someone invited him to King’s Church in the fall of 2021. He’d grown up agnostic, shepherded by agnostic parents.

God cares for and values every person regardless of age, nationality, ethnicity or social status. Should followers of Jesus do the same? And if so, how should that care and sentiment look in action?

On Jan. 14, the Supreme Court heard the oral arguments in West Virginia v. B.P.J, a case regarding transgendered students in sports. The case traces back to an incident concerning Becky Pepper-Jackson (B.P.J.), a biologically male student allowed to change in the girls’ locker room. At the same time, one of church members in our student ministry, Adaleia Cross, who competed on the same team, reported being sexually harassed by B.P.J in the girls’ locker room.

BRUNSWICK, Ohio – Buck Wilford grew up in an Assembly of God church and accepted Christ at age 14. Soon, he sensed a call to ministry. But it would be almost 25 years before he pastored a church, and he would travel the world in the meantime. He would say it was all part of God’s plan.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The changing religious landscape in the United States includes a decline in the total number of Protestant and Southern Baptist churches.

NEW ORLEANS – Nearly 400 attendees from 18 states gathered at the 2026 Defend Apologetics Conference at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary to hear lectures about a variety of apologetics topics including the resurrection of Christ, intelligent design, artificial intelligence, suffering and creation. 

In August of last year, I packed up my belongings to move from upstate South Carolina to a small rural town right along the S.C.-N.C. state line in Lancaster County. I had previously been working on the facilities team at a large Southern Baptist church in Greenville, S.C., where the church membership exceeded 2,000. The facility's job opened many opportunities for me and allowed me to get my foot in the door of ministry.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Sharing your faith with others can be one of the most daunting aspects of Christian practice. Believers regularly express concerns that they might say something wrong.

C.S. Lewis, author of “Mere Christianity” and “The Chronicles of Narnia,” was once a staunch atheist. Over time, through Christian friends and intellects as well as his research and soul-searching, Lewis began to doubt his ironclad atheism.