Respect for clergy drops; pollsters attribute to sex abuse

January 9, 2014

WASHINGTON — Clergy used to rank near the top in polls asking Americans to rate the honesty and ethics of people in various professions. In

Methodist pastor defrocked for officiating gay wedding

January 9, 2014

LEBANON, Pa. — Frank Schaefer was defrocked by United Methodist officials in Pennsylvania on Dec. 19, 2013, after he refused to conform to denominational rules

ESPN hires Tebow as analyst for new SEC Network

January 9, 2014

Bristol, Conn. — Tim Tebow is returning to football — not as a player, but as an analyst for ESPN. The former University of Florida

Baptist leaders examine ministry in ‘new marriage culture’

January 9, 2014

Baptist leaders focused on the legal, political, biblical and practical issues related to the country’s changing definition of marriage during the recent “Ministering in the

Alabama minister Shahan arrested, charged with wife’s murder

January 9, 2014

After more than five months of near silence, investigators in the Karen Shahan murder case made a bold move Jan. 1 when they arrested her

Open Doors releases 2014 World Watch List

January 8, 2014

Open Doors released its annual list of the worst countries for Christian persecution globally Jan. 8. At the top of the list, for the 12th

LifeWay re-launches True Love Waits

January 6, 2014

Twenty years after launching the first virginity-pledge program, LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention is retooling its famous True Love Waits sexual abstinence