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Pastors have increasingly complicated relationship with counseling
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Compared to a decade ago, pastors have less training in counseling but are more hesitant to refer church members to professionals. A recent Lifeway Research study examining the rate at which evangelical and Black Protestant pastors leave the ministry also asked pastors about their experience with counseling, both in their ministry preparation and practice... read more
Resistance to revival: South Dakota pastor becomes an unlikely church planter
YANKTON, S.D. (BP) — Jeff Mueller never intended to plant a church. In fact, he was pretty loud in his opposition to its widespread practice while training to be a minister. But starting in his teens, he had every intention of entering the ministry... read more
Texas church on a mission to ‘Serve the City’
COPPELL, Texas — About a year ago under the direction of Lead Pastor Chris Meads, the staff and elders of GracePoint Church took an inventory of the state of the church and its standing in the community... read more
‘Defund Day’ participants rally across the nation as ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ goes to Senate
NASHVILLE (BP) — Thousands took part in more than 200 demonstrations nationwide Saturday, June 28, calling on Congress to defund Planned Parenthood. Defund Day gathered pro-life advocates to protest the nearly $800 million in federal money given annually to Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides nearly 40% of the nation’s abortions... read more
Bill Moyers had deep and abiding Texas Baptist ties
Bill Moyers, a renowned broadcast journalist with strong Texas Baptist roots, died on June 26 in New York, N.Y. He was 91. He first became known nationally as deputy director of the Peace Corps during the Kennedy administration, special assistant to President Lyndon Johnson and White House press secretary during the Johnson administration... read more
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Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring age verification for adult websites
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Texas church stands firm in its above-and-beyond commitment to CP
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Helene has brought hands-and-feet response in South Georgia
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Pastor offers ‘nothing but forgiveness’ for man who murdered wife
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Local jail baptisms part of larger reviving work in Somerset church
