BGR ministers to Africa on World AIDS Day

December 1, 2014

Rosemary opened up the five-gallon plastic bucket and pulled out gifts, including a set of new bed sheets. She clutched them to her chest. Her

Pope Francis speaks about evolution, creation

November 27, 2014

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis recently waded into the debate over the origins of human life, saying the big bang theory did not contradict the

Wealth gap ‘tool of separation,’ black preacher says

November 27, 2014

Campbellsville, Ky. — Economic inequality is a “tool of separation” that continues to divide races in America 150 years after slavery, an African-American Baptist leader

2 state conventions elect first black president

November 27, 2014

NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Baptist Convention elected its first African-American president Nov. 11, three weeks after the Nevada Baptist Convention did the same. Michael Ellis,

ERLC, SBTC partner to bolster marriage ministry

November 27, 2014

NASHVILLE — The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) received a financial gift of $250,000 from the Southern Baptists

Faith leaders push for lower payday loan rates

November 27, 2014

WASHINGTON — Dozens of faith leaders and consumer advocates are pressing Congress to create a national interest rate cap for payday lenders instead of the