Michael Foust

When pastor Dennis Newkirk stands before his congregation at Henderson Hills Church in Edmond, Okla., to begin a sermon, he gives a nod to technology. While ?open your Bibles? may have been sufficient a decade ago, Newkirk also encourages... Continue Reading »

A coalition of pro-family groups in California has launched another effort to overturn the state"s landmark law that requires gay history be taught in public schools.... Continue Reading »

The adoption agency Bethany Christian Services says interest from couples in adopting is significantly ahead of what it was last year, a trend that is being seen elsewhere and, adoption leaders say, is an example of a growing adoption... Continue Reading »

All of the 185 churches in the Nashville Baptist Association were impacted by the record Middle Tennessee flood in some way, with some seeing nearly half the members in their congregation suffering flood damage, the association's director said May... Continue Reading »

Long before the surgeon general issued his 1964 report showing the devastating harm of smoking, much of the nation viewed cigarettes as fun and harmless, even cool.... Continue Reading »

With the goal of finding ways Southern Baptists ?can work more faithfully and effectively? together in fulfilling the Great Commission, messengers to the convention's annual meeting June 23-24 gave the green light to a task force to examine the... Continue Reading »

Evangelical leaders concerned about possible growth in the number of Americans unaffiliated with any religion may have found some good news: A new study shows that many adults who were raised in an unaffiliated home later became Christian, mainly... Continue Reading »

Teenagers who listen to sexually degrading music, including some forms of popular rap music, are more likely to be sexually active than are other teens, a new study says.... Continue Reading »

Mississippi voters Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment that would have defined human life as beginning at conception, capping a campaign that had divided the pro-life community and delivering a blow to the nationwide personhood movement.... Continue Reading »

Republican National Convention delegates have adopted a platform that takes traditional stances on several issues, proclaiming the unborn child has a "fundamental individual right to life" and calling marriage between a man and a woman "the foundation of civil... Continue Reading »