1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (841+ words) “All in favor, say ‘Aye.’” “AYE!” the congregation heartily said. “Any opposed?” And with a saccharine smile, the pastor would say, “Of course there’s no opposition,” then turn to the newly approved church members and say, “Welcome. Stand here with…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (91+ words) Baptist News Global Exclude from home pageCurated Content | July 29, 2026 On July 27, during the July Staff Week, Texas Baptists leadership announced the final round of staff and structure changes to realign and right-size convention ministries. This BNG series of articles on…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (116+ words) How to Revitalize a 400-Year-Old Church Baptist News Global Exclude from home pageCurated Content | July 24, 2026 In 2022, when John David Mangrum and his team of elders sat down with the remaining congregants of First Church in Charlestown to discuss merging their…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (55+ words) If you’ve been around my work at all, you know very well that the relationship between education and religious attendance cuts against the prevailing view. If you walked up to the average American and asked them, “Who is more likely…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (122+ words) Baptist News Global CuratedGraphs about Religion | July 14, 2026 Sometimes the doom scrolling really does pay off. I hate to admit it, but flicking through thousands of social media posts a week is a way that I can find interesting stories to…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (399+ words) Americans are fascinated with megachurches, and that is leading some of the nation’s largest churches to keep getting larger, according to religion researcher Ryan Burge. Burge, a professor of practice at the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (55+ words) There is a woman I think of when I read Magnifica Humanitas. She has no name in the historical record. She exists only in the diary of Jesuit Fr. Peter Havermans, who wrote about her in November 1838, the month after…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (122+ words) In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Michael Mathes navigated fallen trees and flooding as he drove his four-wheeler up a residential mountainside near his church in rural North Carolina. His ride was chock-full of food to deliver to people who…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (49+ words) On July 5, 2026, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is encouraging its American members to participate in a special fast: a day to “express gratitude for religious liberty and to pray that it be strengthened throughout the world,” in…...