Most pastors lead a small congregation, but most churchgoers attend a large church
When thinking about the number of people attending their church each week, the experience of the average pastor is vastly different from that of the average churchgoer.
Bible Study: God’s will, our good
"The heart wants what the heart wants." This is a saying in our culture, reflected in movies and music, and is at the core of humanity’s downfall since Adam and Eve.
Pew: A fourth of Christians eye astrology, tarot cards, fortune tellers – most for fun
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Greg Mathias, who teaches global missions at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS), told Baptist Press that while in Jackson Square this past weekend, he likely walked past five fortune tellers and tarot card readers, common sights there.
State of the Bible shows U.S. outlier in biblical reverence in ‘secular west’
PHILADELPHIA (BP) – From a global vantage point unique to its study of the Bible’s impact on U.S. adults, the American Bible Society (ABS) said Americans revere Scripture, faith and church more than others in a geographical cluster described as the “secular west.”
Americans judge the Good Book more positively, but still often by its cover
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — In the past few years, Americans have grown generally more positive toward the Bible, but that doesn’t mean they’re reading it more.
Young men lead renewed interest in Christianity in the UK
NASHVILLE (BP) – A curiosity about Scripture and God may be one of the leading factors behind a study that claims a “quiet revival” is expanding among young people in the United Kingdom, said an International Mission Board leader.
State of the Bible: 10 million more adults using Scripture, but numbers lag behind pre-COVID levels
PHILADELPHIA (BP) – An estimated 10 million more adults qualified as Bible users in January 2025 than in 2019, the American Bible Society said in its new State of the Bible release, but usage still lags pre-COVID-19 readership by 14 million adults.
UK’s top court rules definition of a woman is based on biological sex
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a woman is someone born biologically female, excluding so-called “trans women” from the legal definition in a long-running dispute between a feminist group and the Scottish government.
Global report looks at rate of those switching to other faiths, or none at all
NASHVILLE (BP) – Despite reports that the number of the religiously unaffiliated has flatlined in the U.S., a new study on “religious switching” says this is not the case globally.
Greed fuels sports gambling industry, ethicist says
FORT WORTH, Texas – Sports gambling feeds on greed and thrives on the exploitation of the vulnerable, Baptist pastor and former college football coach RaShan Frost said.
