Church

• Can Anyone Lead the Southern Baptist Convention Forward? Since 2018, the Southern Baptist Convention has lost a series of high-profile leaders whose tenures ended due to controversy or misconduct. The latest to depart is Ronnie Floyd, a former megachurch pastor who resigned as... Oct 20, 2021

  

  Can Anyone Lead the Southern Baptist Convention Forward?
• How the Church Can Help with the Loneliness Crisis According to some recent studies, most Americans have fewer friends and are lonelier than at any point in our nation’s history. The effects of loneliness are catastrophic. Here is how the church can help. Oct 20, 2021

  

  How the Church Can Help with the Loneliness Crisis
• American Reformed to Consider Restructuring Plan amid LGBT Debate The Reformed Church in America is creating a team that will consider a restructuring plan for the denomination that would make definitive rules on LGBT ordination and same-sex marriages. Oct 19, 2021

  

  American Reformed to Consider Restructuring Plan amid LGBT Debate
• Churchgoers Trust their Pastor on Vaccine more than Politicians and Media, Pew Says According to a new Pew Research Center poll, most regular churchgoers in the U.S. say they would trust their pastor in providing guidance about the COVID-19 vaccine, but a majority also say their own minister has been silent on... Oct 19, 2021

  Churchgoers Trust their Pastor on Vaccine more than Politicians and Media, Pew Says
• 64 Percent of Regular Churchgoers Are Back to Attending In-Person Services, Survey Finds According to a new Pew Research Center survey, regular churchgoers are starting to attend in-person worship services once again. Oct 19, 2021

  64 Percent of Regular Churchgoers Are Back to Attending In-Person Services, Survey Finds
• Britney Spears Suggests Making Churchgoing "Cool Again" In a recent Instagram post, pop star Britney Spears insisted that we should "make church cool again." Oct 19, 2021

  Britney Spears Suggests Making Churchgoing "Cool Again"
• Evangelicals Have Higher Rates of 'Practicing Christians' than Other Mainline Denominations: American Bible Society Survey A new survey by the American Bible Society found that evangelical-affiliated churches have more "practicing" Christians than those in other mainline denominations. Oct 18, 2021

  Evangelicals Have Higher Rates of 'Practicing Christians' than Other Mainline Denominations: American Bible Society Survey
• 'Vote after Today's Service': Kamala Harris Video Urges Churches to Back Virginia Democrat In a new video, Vice President Kamala Harris encourages Virginia church congregants to vote for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the state's gubernatorial race. Oct 18, 2021

  'Vote after Today's Service': Kamala Harris Video Urges Churches to Back Virginia Democrat
• Ronnie Floyd Resigns as SBC Executive Committee President over Decision to Waive Privilege Ronnie Floyd has resigned from his position as president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee (EC) over the Executive Committee's decision to waive attorney-client privilege amid a denominational sex... Oct 15, 2021

  Ronnie Floyd Resigns as SBC Executive Committee President over Decision to Waive Privilege
• Menlo Church Investigation Finds No Direct Evidence or Disclosures of Sexual Abuse A third-party investigation at Menlo Church, one of Northern California’s most prominent megachurches, ended this week with a report that found no evidence the pastor’s adult child had acted on his confessed attraction to... Oct 15, 2021

  Menlo Church Investigation Finds No Direct Evidence or Disclosures of Sexual Abuse