Christian News

The Baptist witness the ERLC  has long provided in the public square “is needed now as much as ever,” Brent Leatherwood said Wednesday (Sept. 14) in his first presidential report to the entity’s trustees.

Just weeks before she was set to take office in April 2021, Bishop Paula E. Clark experienced a brain bleed while exercising. Surgery followed, postponing her consecration.

A former pastor in Abingdon, Va., was charged with multiple child sex crimes and arrested on Sept. 8.

Songwriter and worship leader Phil Wickham says that he has gone deeper in his relationship with God through prayer after being challenged by the faith of people who were inspired by his music. Prior to this change, Wickham had fallen into what he calls “lifestyle Christianity.” 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flew two planes of migrants to the upscale Massachusetts island community of Martha’s Vineyard, while Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bused migrants to the Washington, D.C. residence of Vice President Kamala Harris. These decisions have led to community action and heated discussions.

Al Mohler was at the center of a social media dustup after comments he made during an address at the "Pray, Vote, Stand" summit began circulating on Twitter.

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied – at least for now – a request by Yeshiva University that the justices block enforcement of a judicial requirement it must grant recognition to a gay and transgender student group.

Christians are projected to comprise less than half of the U.S. population by 2050 in a Pew Research study of how current trends might play out among believers and non-believers in the coming decades.