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Religious Conference Planning Continues Amid COVID-19, Socially Distant or Online

Planners and exhibitors are waiting to hear whether religious conferences will go on as expected this year and are contemplating how those conferences will look as the pandemic continues and vaccination levels increase.

Growing Number of Southern Baptist Women Question Gender Roles

Among the millions of Southern Baptist women, there are many who have questioned the faith’s gender-role doctrine and more recently urged a stronger response to disclosures of sexual abuse perpetrated by SBC clergy.

Still-In-Shock Witness Shares Gospel While Describing Boulder, CO Shooting

The young man stood by his wife and told those listening, "Everybody really just has a moment to think about their hearts and where they're at with God and just to know that Jesus loves them and is crazy about them."

United Methodist Bishops Cancel Virtual Special Session of General Conference

United Methodist bishops have canceled a special session of the global denomination's General Conference that was scheduled to meet May 8 online.

Study: Most Black ‘Nones’ Believe in God or Higher Power, Fewer Pray Regularly

About half of Black “nones” say they pray at least monthly, but far fewer attend religious services.

‘I Felt God Compel Me to Go Back’: Colorado Shooting Witnesses Recall Helping Others to Safety

The nation is reeling this week after 10 people lost their lives in a mass shooting at a super market in Colorado on Monday. It marked the second mass shooting in the country in six days.

Officer Eric Talley, Father and ‘Devout Christian,’ One of 10 Killed in Boulder Shooting

Officer Eric Talley was one of 10 people killed in a mass shooting Monday in Boulder, Colorado. Talley was a husband, a father of seven, and a devoted follower of Jesus.

UPDATE: PreachersNSneakers Creator Finally Revealed – Publishes New Book

The creator of PreachersNSneakers is just an “average” person who is facilitating a hefty discussion about church transparency and personal accountability—all through an Instagram account he thinks of as “an opportunity to make people laugh.”