Legal marijuana, psychedelic drugs, gambling unpopular with voters
BOSTON (BP) – All state ballot initiatives to legalize illicit drug use in the U.S. failed Nov. 5, and most gambling measures were also unpopular.
His daughter’s faith led him to Christ before tragedy changed their lives
MCMINVILLE, Tenn. (BP) – Tony Jones struggled for years with his faith until his daughter Abygayle Jones accepted Jesus at a youth camp in the summer of 2023.
Brandon Lake, Phil Wickham ‘For the One’ in theaters extra night Nov. 2
NASHVILLE (BP) – See Brandon Lake and Phil Wickham together in live performances captured on screen in “For the One,” returning for an extra night in theaters across the U.S. Saturday, Nov. 2, after an original run Oct. 27-29.
‘In awe … that God has used me’: Ann and Jeff Iorg on life, love, ministry
NASHVILLE (BP) – When Ann and Jeff Iorg moved to Ontario, Calif., in 2016, so warm and accommodating was the city for the new campus of the newly named Gateway Seminary that Ann wanted to join a local church.
Posthumous Warren Wiersbe devotional joins storied body of work
CEDARVILLE, Ohio (BP) – The late Warren Wiersbe, a prolific author of more than 170 books, never seemed keen on writing a book with his grandson Dan Jacobsen, as Jacobsen tells it. But after Wiersbe’s death in May of 2019, the family discovered a dusty manila file folder among the thousands of files Wiersbe left […]
As militants kill Nigerian Christians, pastor risks life to evangelize Muslims
PLATEAU, Nigeria (BP) – Pastor Eli Abdullah Tinau lives in the charred room that remains of his home after an attack by militant Fulani Muslims, an increasingly violent group accused of killing thousands of Christians in middle and northeastern Nigeria.
Aid Chinese orphans, U.S. families stuck in adoption limbo, ERLC urges Blinken
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has urged the U.S. government to intercede for the American families and Chinese orphans caught in limbo by the end of China’s international adoption program.
ERLC maintains support of New York nuns in pro-life appeal to SCOTUS
NEW YORK (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) is among several religious groups, legal scholars and 20 states that have signed amicus briefs in support of a New York diocese fighting to avoid paying for abortions in employee health plans.
Separation of church and state on education front heats up across nation
BATON ROUGE, La. (BP) – A U.S. district judge heard arguments Oct. 21 over whether Louisiana public schools should be required to post the Ten Commandments prominently in each classroom, as the Legislature now stipulates.
Porn use grows among Christians, study says, urging church to offer healing
VENTURA, Calif. (BP) – Christian men and women use pornography more today than in 2016 when Barna spotlighted the sin among pastors and congregants, an updated study found in calling the church to be a place of healing for those impacted by the pervasive and destructive phenomenon.