Churches break tradition, make unchurched comfortable

March 22, 2012

Ron Williams is the pastor of Church at the GYM in Sanford, Fla. As the Baptist church’s name implies, Williams’ congregation meets, well, in a

Mexia celebrates 100 years with 200 attendees

March 22, 2012

Mexia Baptist Church in Bethlehem Baptist Association commemorated its 100th anniversary last fall with a weekend celebration that included a Saturday cookout and a special

Former Cahaba Baptist Association DOM Julius I. Poellnitz Jr. dies at 89

March 22, 2012

Julius I. Poellnitz Jr., former director of missions (DOM) for Cahaba Baptist Association, died March 8. He was 89. A Marengo County native, Poellnitz was

Presbyterian ‘breakaway’ groups signal ‘seismic shift’?

March 22, 2012

There’s a popular saying in church-planting circles: It’s easier to make babies than to raise the dead. That principle applies to denominations as well, said

Egyptian priest jailed after mob attacks his church

March 22, 2012

ASWAN, Egypt — A priest in Egypt was sentenced to six months in jail for a minor construction violation at his church building, while no

Evangelist calls his end-of-world prediction ‘sinful’

March 22, 2012

OAKLAND, Calif. — Radio evangelist Harold Camping has called his erroneous prediction that the world would end last May 21 an “incorrect and sinful statement”