Check out these 3 recent news reports from The Baptist Paper, the sister publication of The Alabama Baptist — coverage from the national and international scene.
A statue of Billy Graham now represents his home state of North Carolina in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall.
Religion News Service columnist G. Jeffrey MacDonald says full-time ministry drains too many clergy and church budgets. More bivocational pastors may be the solution.
Alabama legislators and public officials stepped in quickly in an attempt to calm the chaos, pushing other agendas aside to focus on the unexpected fallout from the ruling. IVF receives protection; concern remains about unused embryos.
Lifetime sports fan Wayne Atcheson looks forward to the Super Bowl each year, but the hoopla around the big game also reminds him that nothing on earth can compare to the celebration awaiting Christians in heaven.
Despite its legalization across many states, U.S. Protestant pastors remain opposed to sports gambling, but they’re not doing much about it, according to a Lifeway Research study.
Americans are expected to bet $1.3 billion on this year’s Super Bowl. While many believe sports betting is a harmless pastime, others say the human costs of expanding gambling are too high.
According to the 2023 State of the Bible from American Bible Society, 74% of online worshippers report using the Bible weekly on their own, while only 32% of in-person worshippers say the same.
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