Membership in Southern Baptist churches set an all-time record in 2001 with a total of 16,052,920 persons, an increase of 92,612 over the previous year.
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — An Ethiopian Christian and a Filipino Christian jailed since last summer in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah were released
VATICAN CITY — The number of Catholics worldwide is rising at a slightly lower rate than overall population growth, according to statistics compiled by the
NASHVILLE — Gifts to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program in April were 10.72 percent below gifts for April 2001. Year-to-date support for CP missions,
WASHINGTON — The current ban on partisan political activity by churches would be eliminated under a bill now pending in the U.S. House of Representatives.
A proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to define the legal status of marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman was
Local cooperative missions and fellowship have long been important emphases of local Southern Baptist associations, but today many churches are discovering how associational missions also
WASHINGTON — May is “Pornography Victims Awareness Month.” The designation, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said, “is dedicated to recognizing the victims of pornography. Pornography
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