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Faith & Culture

Study links flourishing to religious service attendance

Study links flourishing to religious service attendance

An international survey reveals a strong correlation between regular attendance at religious services and higher levels of individual flourishing.

05/01/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor
Nation

Court considers taxpayer-funded religious charter school

Court considers taxpayer-funded religious charter school

Whether taxpayers should be forced to fund religious charter schools came before the U.S. Supreme Court April 30 in the first case of its kind.

05/01/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press
Baptists

SBC membership continues decline but baptisms rising

SBC membership continues decline but baptisms rising

The number of Southern Baptists in the United States is the lowest it has been in 50 years, but more of them seem to be showing up in church. And the number of baptisms in the SBC continues to rebound from the lows of the COVID-19 pandemic.

05/01/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service
Editorials

Editorial: Ten Commandments bills’ unintended consequences

Editorial: Ten Commandments bills’ unintended consequences

Undoubtedly, the Ten Commandments are important. So, how, when and where they are displayed ought to be done with the utmost care.

05/01/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor
Texas

House committee holds Ten Commandments bill hearing

House committee holds Ten Commandments bill hearing

In a sometimes-testy late-night hearing that continued into the early-morning hours on April 30, the Texas House Committee on Public Education heard public testimony on a bill mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom.

04/30/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Baptists

Mangieri named as CEO of Baptist publishing house

04/30/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Nation

Pew study: White evangelicals remain Trump loyalists

04/30/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service
Nation

William Barber arrested after praying in Capitol Rotunda

04/29/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service
Faith & Culture

More teens see social media’s negatives but not quitting

04/29/2025 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press
Opinion

Voices: Let’s look at the pastoral life

04/29/2025 - By Ron Cook
Texas

Debbie Potter nominee for Texas Baptists’ president

04/28/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Equip

04/28/2025 - By Jeff Gravens

Equip: Resources on the Book of Colossians
Baptists

04/28/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

Live in the authority of Jesus, Baptist lecturer challenges
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04/28/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

Respond to emerging frontlines, Baptist leader challenges
Texas

04/28/2025 - By Leann Callaway / Special to the Baptist Standard

Kerrville church offers gospel-centered escape room
World

04/24/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

Texans on Mission responds to crisis in South Sudan
Nation

04/24/2025 - By Reina Coulibaly / Religion News Service

Parents say religion guides views on LGBTQ books
Opinion

04/24/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

Editorial: A few days on, does Easter still matter?
World

04/23/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Commission exposes blasphemy law in Russia
Nation

04/23/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Veterans Affairs asks staff to report anti-Christian bias
Opinion

04/23/2025 - By Patti Greene

Voices: How cataract surgery was my spiritual formation
Texas

04/22/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

Hunger and Poverty Summit plants seeds of hope
Texas

04/22/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

East Texas volunteers pass along legacy of service
Texas

04/22/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Video shows how the Texas Lottery was rigged

Study links flourishing to religious service attendance

Court considers taxpayer-funded religious charter school

SBC membership continues decline but baptisms rising

Editorial: Ten Commandments bills’ unintended consequences

House committee holds Ten Commandments bill hearing

Equip: Resources on the Book of Colossians

Live in the authority of Jesus, Baptist lecturer challenges

Respond to emerging frontlines, Baptist leader challenges

Kerrville church offers gospel-centered escape room

Texans on Mission responds to crisis in South Sudan

Parents say religion guides views on LGBTQ books

Editorial: A few days on, does Easter still matter?

Commission exposes blasphemy law in Russia

Veterans Affairs asks staff to report anti-Christian bias

Voices: How cataract surgery was my spiritual formation

Hunger and Poverty Summit plants seeds of hope

East Texas volunteers pass along legacy of service

Video shows how the Texas Lottery was rigged