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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.

1996 law ‘greatest enabler of online sexual exploitation,’ watchdog group says

WASHINGTON (BP) – An underage girl identified as Jane Doe was raped more than 1,000 times, according to the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), because of ads her traffickers posted on Backpage, where you could also buy various commercial goods.

FROM THE SEMINARIES: MBTS Spurgeon sermons, AI panel; SBTS Gheens Lecture

Vol. 2 of Spurgeon’s sermons released through MBTS partnership; MBTS panel considers churches’ use of technology; Sean McDowell says ‘God is back’ at SBTS lecture.

Research: U.S. Christians more pro-Israel, less antisemitic than U.K., but concern rising

NEW YORK (BP) – For Mitch Glaser, a Messianic Jewish New Yorker who leads Chosen People Ministries, 90 percent of the “jokes” are about money.

As secular couples warm up to premarital counseling, differences remain

NASHVILLE (BP) — Non-religious couples are considering something that evangelicals have touted as a necessity for decades.

Trump address takes on gender transitions, men in women’s sports

WASHINGTON (BP) – Fighting transgender ideology was part of the “common-sense revolution” advocated by President Donald Trump during his March 4 address to a Joint Session of Congress.

COVID’s impact on church attendance less than some anticipated

NASHVILLE (BP) – Throughout 2020 and into 2021, predictions emerged about the COVID-19 pandemic’s long-term effects on churches. Those included that a hybrid experience would become the norm, an abundance of church closures was on the horizon and in-person numbers may never fully recover.