
Study: Pastors less engaged with counseling resources, more isolated
Compared to a decade ago, pastors have less training in counseling but are more hesitant to refer church members to professionals.

‘Deep anguish and alarm’: Group condemns lawmaker offering reward for attacking Christians
India’s Catholic bishops this week strongly condemned law enforcement for failing to prosecute a state legislator who publicly offered up to $12,663 USD (1.1 million rupees) for violent attacks on Christian leaders.

Friendship House reaching lonely world of international students
Tracey Nash understands how internationals might feel when they come to America. After moving several times during her childhood and

Louisiana church has ‘awakening of unity’ 11 months after fire
Eleven months after a fire destroyed most of the facilities of the New Friendship Baptist Church, Pollock, Louisiana, the congregation is amid a rebirth.

Maine mom fights court order to be able to take daughter to church
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is weighing whether a lower court violated parental and religious rights by barring a mom

‘Open mic legend’ Wiley Drake remembered as ‘one of a kind in SBC life’
Wiley Drake, a California pastor who rallied Southern Baptists to boycott Disney in the 1990s, has died.

IMB taps NC Baptist president, pastor for church mobilization role
Quintell Hill, a pastor and president of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, will be joining the IMB as African American church mobilization strategist starting April 1.

‘Silent mission field’: Ministry offers healing, restoration after trauma of abortion
Deeper Still is a Christ-centered ministry devoted to helping men and women find emotional, spiritual and relational healing after the trauma of