7+ hour, 9+ min ago   (116+ words) Baptist News Global Exclude from home pageCurated Content | August 5, 2026 By many measures, Americans are growing less religious: Since 2007, for example, the percentage of people who pray daily has dropped, while the “unaffiliated” have grown to 29%. But those numbers can distract…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (569+ words) Recently, a reader sent me a message expressing her displeasure at a situation that transpired in her Catholic parish. Her message read in part: “I’m livid. Our newly assigned priest used his sermon to tell us — by name — who to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (377+ words) On March 15, 2020, my husband and I were preparing for one of the most important moments of our lives: Our ordination ceremony. We had prayed about it. We had sought God's direction. We believed with all our hearts we were walking…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (40+ words) The Church of England has apologised for its role in adoption practices involving unmarried women and girls during the post-War period, with the Archbishop of Canterbury acknowledging the "pain, trauma and stigma experienced - and still carried - by many people"....

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (33+ words) The Archbishop of Canterbury has continued her pilgrimage to Rome with a visit to St Paul's Within the Walls, the first non-Catholic church to be built in the city since the Reformation....

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (346+ words) NewsMark Wingfield | April 27, 2026 Ryan Blackwell, 42, has been named 11th president of Lifeway Christian Resources, the publishing house of the Southern Baptist Convention. He currently serves as executive pastor and teaching pastor at Cross Church in Springdale, Ark., an SBC megachurch previously…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (374+ words) NewsJeff Brumley | April 24, 2026 Median in-person worship attendance in U.S. congregations has increased for the first time in a quarter century as post-pandemic church shows signs of rebounding, according to a new study by Hartford Institute for Religion Research. “What we’re seeing…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago   (126+ words) Movements have moments. The installation of Sarah Elisabeth Mullally as Archbishop of Canterbury, on the Feast of the Annunciation 2026, was one such moment for women’s equality in religion. Several millennia after Mary allegedly agreed to be the mother of Jesus,…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (579+ words) NewsMark Wingfield | March 31, 2026 The man nominated to lead the embattled Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission believes “a married couple’s efforts to prevent pregnancy might be morally problematic.” Even Lenow, an administrator at Mississippi College, is the nominee…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (85+ words) Wednesday saw the installation of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Dame Sarah Mullally at Canterbury Cathedral. The glaring absences from the Archbishop of Canterbury’s installation - Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Check out…...