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For the 20th consecutive year, Southern Baptists? ?Crossover? will relay the gospel throughout the host city for June's SBC annual meeting.... Continue Reading »

Evangelicals are less likely than the overall population to divorce, although one out of every four evangelicals who are or have been married nevertheless have gone through at least one divorce, according to a new study by The Barna... Continue Reading »

Actor, commentator and comedian Ben Stein promises he hasn't lost his mind. Well, he says with his famous dry monotone humor, at least not in this instance.... Continue Reading »

Before Kansas played for its first NCAA championship in 20 years, the Jayhawks players watched more video of the Memphis Tigers and reviewed their game plan one last time. But one Kansas player, freshman guard Tyrel Reed, engaged in... Continue Reading »

Clemson shooting guard Cliff Hammonds? team wasn't in the Final Four, but he was among the college senior players in the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-Star game in conjunction with the NCAA championship festivities in San Antonio. Although... Continue Reading »

Quentin Thomas ended his North Carolina career April 5 as the winningest player in the Tar Heels? storied history. But the senior guard said his personal faith in Jesus Christ was enough to help him overcome the career-ending loss... Continue Reading »

Rather than continuing a myopic mindset of growing one's own church to the neglect of other needs, churches across the Southern Baptist Convention are catching on to the idea that advancing God's kingdom often means partnering with a Baptist... Continue Reading »

?Eternal Impact: The Passion of Kingdom-Centered Communities,? the latest component of the Empowering Kingdom Growth study series, conveys first-century church principles for the success of modern congregations.... Continue Reading »

Conservative evangelical Christians continue to influence government policies, but they also are facing the challenge of responding to additional issues, pro-family leaders said in a National Press Club panel discussion.... Continue Reading »

People who don't go to church may be turned off by a recent trend toward more utilitarian church buildings. By a nearly 2-to-1 ratio over any other option, unchurched Americans prefer churches that look more like a medieval cathedral... Continue Reading »

Baptist leaders in the former Soviet Union are catching a vision of fulfilling the Great Commission as they learn more about Empowering Kingdom Growth and Thy Kingdom Come, according to Southern Baptists who have been working with those leaders... Continue Reading »

Persecution against house churches in China last year was up 30.4 percent from 2006, and the total number of people persecuted was up 18.5 percent, according to a report by China Aid Association.... Continue Reading »