
Surrogate mother’s story more complicated than it seems
When McKenna West, a cardiac nurse from Alaska, agreed to become the surrogate for a California couple late last year,

BP editor Brandon Porter accepts role to lead Kentucky Baptist association
Brandon Porter, Executive Committee vice president for convention communications, was welcomed as the next associational mission strategist (AMS) for the South Central Baptist Association in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Aug. 30.

Senate bill to clarify religious liberties of military chaplains
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) has introduced a bill that aims to clarify the duties and religious liberties of military chaplains. In recent decades, some military chaplains have faced harassment and discipline for voicing Biblical beliefs that are in accord with their denominational affiliations.

10 signs your church’s committees are off the rails
Many churches have committees, but some of them are out of control. Here’s how you might know:

Winter safety resources to help prepare your facility
Before severe winter weather occurs and temperatures plummet below freezing, buildings need extra care and preparation.

Humanist secularism gaining ground?
Secularism is making headway in the U.S., according to Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), while data from Pew Research Center paint a mixed picture.

Faith groups work to influence change, deliver goods to a Cuba in crisis
In the face of an accelerating U.S. pressure campaign, deteriorating public utilities and economic inefficiency, Cuba’s communist government on Thursday (June 18) announced sweeping economic reforms, the largest privatization since before Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1959.

Skillet lead singer John Cooper looks for answers with new release
“I truly believe we are at a precipice. I don’t think I’m too alarmist to say — the destruction of the country, the destruction of the Church of America,” said John Cooper, lead singer of the Christian rock band Skillet …