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  Does God care who wins the Super Bowl?

  An old gospel hymn says God’s eye is on the sparrow, but what about panthers and broncos? A LifeWay Research poll found most Americans skeptical about divine intervention on the football field.

  02/04/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  GuideStone sees church retirement plan law as good news

  A new law will benefit operators and participants in church retirement plans, according to leaders of GuideStone Financial Services, the Baptist clergy benefits agency.

  02/03/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Muslim Americans involved in terrorism up, but threat exaggerated

  The number of Muslim Americans involved in terrorism cases “rose dramatically” in 2015, but the overall threat they posed to public safety has been exaggerated, says the author of a new terrorism study.

  02/03/2016 - By Ken Camp

• Bill Shiell named president of Northern Baptist Theological Seminary

  Bill Shiell, former pastor of churches in San Angelo and McGregor, will become president of Northern Seminary in suburban Chicago. From BNG

  02/03/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Rabbi sees evangelicals and Orthodox Jews as strategic allies

  Evangelical Christians who may feel marginalized in an increasingly secular society should find kinship and common ground with Orthodox Jews, a rabbi told students and faculty at Baylor University.

  02/03/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Protestant pastors undecided about presidential pick

  “Undecided” is by far the most popular presidential choice of America’s Protestant pastors, according to a telephone survey of 1,000 senior pastors from LifeWay Research.

  02/03/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  WMU Foundation seeks to ‘Warm Our World’

  As part of its “#WarmOurWorld” campaign, the Woman’s Missionary Union Foundation is asking individuals for a $25 donation to supply a blanket to a refugee family, and the group is encouraging people to donate blankets in their communities to help meet local needs.

  01/31/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Baptists expelled from homes in Mexican community

  A town assembly in Tuxpan de Bolanos—a community in Jalisco, Mexico—expelled 10 Baptist families from their community when they refused to recant their faith.

  01/30/2016 - By Ken Camp

• Former Glorieta homeowners get legal aid

  Kirk and Susie Tompkins, who unsuccessfully sued to stop the sale of Glorieta Conference Center, now have a lawyer to help with their appeal. From BNG

  01/29/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  NFL violence and high school prayers OK with most fans

  For all the headlines about football violence, concussions and player injuries, watching football is not a “guilty pleasure” for many Americans. It’s just a pleasure, a new survey finds.

  01/28/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Voters warm to candidates who are not religious

  On the growing list of ways the “outsiders” election of 2016 is upsetting conventional political wisdom, here’s a new entry: A contender’s lack of strong faith is not the deal breaker it once was for voters, according to a new survey.

  01/28/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Around the State: Saunders, Sellers and Skaggs

  Sharon Saunders honored at Houston Baptist University. Rob Sellers to lecture at Howard Payne University. Brandon Skaggs hired at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Coppell church lauded, and Houston Baptist University approved to offer doctoral program.

  01/28/2016 - By Ken Camp