
Study argues religion decline worldwide follows predictable sequence
“We hope this article is useful as a kind of grand narrative about what’s going on in the world, a model of how to see global religious change,” Conrad Hackett, one of the authors, told RNS.

Explore the Bible Sunday School Lesson for Nov. 9
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for November 9, written by Darrell Nimmo, retired pastor living in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.

Two church plants celebrate first ‘harvest’ in ‘sweet water’
Two Louisiana Baptist church plants recently celebrated their first baptisms as corporate bodies. SweetWater Church Natalie and Sarah Cowell shared

Alleged 29-year-old shooter charged in New Mexico campus minister’s death
Joseph Costello, a 29-year-old alleged conspiracy theorist, has been charged in the shooting death of New Mexico campus minister Steve

‘Lonely road to walk’: Pastors seek to encourage fellow ministry leaders
Aware of the difficult, lonely and emotionally challenging times pastors face as they juggle ministry to their congregations and their

Triumph over trauma: Ministry helps pastors, spouses trudge through the wilderness
After nearly 22 years as a pastor, Barry Holcomb found himself facing a forced resignation. Immediately, the world turned upside

Disaster Relief chaplain remembers 9/11 ‘like it was yesterday’
Twenty years ago, Frederick Edwards responded to his first callout from Southern Baptist Disaster Relief. Terrorists had flown planes into

Fred Luter, ‘the pastor of New Orleans,’ honored by NOBTS for 35 years of ministry
Fred Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans, was honored by New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell