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  Fulfilling the Great Commission

  Churches composed primarily of first-generation immigrants to the United States may possess a strategic advantage in fulfilling Christ's Great Commission.

  02/04/2012 - By Administrator

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  More Americans respond to religion by saying, ‘So what?’

  The "dirty little secret" of religiosity in America is that there are so many people for whom spiritual interest, thinking about ultimate questions, is minimal, according to religion professor Mark Silk.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Songwriter Paul Simon’s meandering spiritual journey

  Paul Simon says there's always been a spiritual dimension to his music. But the overt religious references in his most recent album, So Beautiful or So What, surprised even him.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Study portrays Mormons as outsiders in native land

  Even as a devout Mormon leads the GOP field for the presidential nomination and the award-winning—if irreverent—musical Book of Mormon plays to overflow crowds on Broadway, a new survey portrays Mormons as strangers in their own land.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Pop singer Leigh Nash returns to gospel roots

  With the release of a solo project filled with traditional hymns, Leigh Nash–lead singer with Sixpence None the Richer– is excited about the chance to return to her gospel roots.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Single-race churches miss the mark of Christian unity, Indian pastor insists

  Racially homogenous churches fall short of the biblical ideal and leave evangelicals in the United States ill-equipped to deal with the reality of cultural pluralism and racial diversity, an Indian pastor in North Texas believes.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Effective global missions demands multicultural partnerships

  Missions in the 21st century demands multicultural partnership, global missions researcher and author Patrick Johnstone insists. And pastors of some churches filled with first-generation immigrants agree.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist agencies don’t recruit nationals for U.S. missionary service

  Baptist missionary-sending agencies currently do not actively seek missionaries from other countries to minister to unreached or least-reached people groups in the United States, nor are they likely to do so.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Ministry to new immigrants presents challenges, opportunities

  A wave of immigrants entering the United States presents a particular challenge to Christians who seek to minister among them, the director of missions for a metropolitan association of churches noted.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Growing number of evangelical missionaries heading from East to West

  Western Christians often think in terms of West-to-East movement when missionaries go to other countries. But more and more frequently, evangelicals arrive from the East to evangelize the West.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Boston trip helps participants embrace mission opportunities

  Joyce Ridings, Woman's Missionary Union director at Woods Chapel Baptist Church in Arlington, participated in an multicultural outreach dinner in Boston that helped her gain insight into the lives of Hindus and Muslims.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Report shows global Christianity shifting to Africa

  With 2.18 billion adherents, Christianity has become a truly global religion over the past century, and the faith has grown exponentially in sub-Saharan Africa.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator