Boy Scouts could be poised to reverse gay leader policy

January 29, 2013

The Boy Scouts of America is seriously considering lifting its ban on gay and lesbian troop leaders and could make the change official the first

Iran sentences pastor Abedini to eight years in prison

January 28, 2013

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Iranian-American pastor Saeed Abedini was sentenced to eight years in Iran’s most notorious prison today for allegedly threatening “national security” by planting

Tragic: US passes 55 million abortion mark

January 25, 2013

At some point in the past year, the United States experienced its 55 millionth legal abortion — a tragic number that is far more than

CP contributions 1.70 percent above last year’s gifts

January 24, 2013

NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee are 1.70 percent above

UK Baptist college names Standing new principal

January 24, 2013

LONDON — Spurgeon’s College, the largest of seven colleges affiliated with the Baptist Union of Great Britain, has chosen a new principal to succeed Nigel

Michael Lewis to lead NAMB outreach to pastors

January 24, 2013

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Florida pastor Michael Lewis is joining the staff of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) to lead efforts to build closer relationships

Union’s Dockery to transition to chancellor in 2014

January 24, 2013

JACKSON, Tenn. — David S. Dockery will transition from president of Union University to the role of university chancellor no later than July 2014, and