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NASHVILLE (BP) – Cooperative Program giving fell in December, coming in about 8 percent below budget goals. However, year-to-date giving remains within 2 percent of targets.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (BP) – Tennessee Supreme Court justices sought clarity regarding the church autonomy doctrine Thursday (Jan. 8) in a case focused on the Southern Baptist Convention’s protocols to address claims of sexual abuse.

C.S. Lewis, author of “Mere Christianity” and “The Chronicles of Narnia,” was once a staunch atheist. Over time, through Christian friends and intellects as well as his research and soul-searching, Lewis began to doubt his ironclad atheism.

Yacouba couldn’t stop the tears from flowing. He heard there had been an attack on his brother-in-law’s village by a terrorist group. They hadn’t been able to get in touch with him, so he and his wife went to the village to search for her brother.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — After adding eight camp locations in 2025, Lifeway camps are expanding once again in 2026, adding four new locations, in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas and South Carolina, as well as bringing new camps to previous locations.

DALLAS – TJ Stoudt, pastor of Harlem Community Church in New York, first felt God’s call on his life to serve in “large, diverse cities” when he served on staff at Waterfront Church in Washington, D.C., a church plant out of Southcrest Baptist Church in Lubbock, Texas.

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii – Raising up the next generation of church leaders is “vitally important,” says Brian Frable, pastor of Kona Baptist Church on the Big Island of Hawaii.

WASHINGTON, DC (BP) – One week from today (Jan. 6), the U.S. Supreme Court will review two cases over state laws seeking to clarify competition in sports according to biological sex.

CLINTON, Miss. -- One year ago, on Jan. 17, 2025, beloved Mississippi College Christian studies professor Ivan D. Parke was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disorder resulting in the gradual loss of motor neurons. Yet where most see weakness and a hopeless case, God has used Parke mightily. 

SOUTHPORT, N.C. — Many Christians make a New Year’s resolution to read the entire Bible during the year. One church in southeastern North Carolina did it during the first weekend of 2026.