Pakistani Christian abducted, raped, killed after refusing to convert
A 40-year-old Christian widow was abducted, raped by a gang and then killed, reportedly for refusing to convert to Islam
Attack on pro-Israel group in Boulder leaves 8 injured
Eight people were injured Sunday (May 1) in Boulder, Colorado, in what federal investigators have described as a “targeted terrorist attack” on participants of a peaceful walk supporting Israeli hostages.
Explore the Bible Sunday School Lesson for June 15
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for June 15, written by Mark Rathel, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
‘We trust the Lord’: NC pastor’s family grieves tragic death of son
Prayers from ministry leaders from across Baptist life and beyond have poured in for North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley and family following death of son.
Supreme Court upholds TN law banning transgender hormone therapies for minors
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 18 in favor of a Tennessee law banning medical treatments and procedures, including puberty blockers, for transgender adolescents seeking gender transition.
Searching for Truth in true crime: How one former detective points troubled world to Christ
Are there things Christians can learn in a small-group Bible study from a decades-old murder? Former Los Angeles cold-case detective J. Warner Wallace — now an author, speaker and apologetics expert — believes so.
Why is requiring background checks important?
By Julie Redmond Donavan North Shelby Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. Background checks have become a necessity in children’s ministry
Louisiana library staff firing highlights growing concern of contradictory personnel policies
The East Baton Rouge Parish Library internal policy describes those “welcomed, accepted and respected” as covering “religious preference” as well as “gender identity or expression.” The policy also states employees have the right to be addressed by their preferred pronouns, but it does not address what to do if that right conflicts with another employee’s religious beliefs. Public libraries are subject to federal, state and local laws — and in many cases navigating how that plays out can be somewhat muddy when the wording of various laws conflict.