Note: Because the “other” response varied by year, the denominator is those identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or ...

David Hacker, a demographic historian from Binghamton University in New York, conducted research on newly digitized census data from the 19th century recalculating the death toll of the Civil War. The ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) – Luke Ash, the bivocational pastor of Stevendale Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, was fired, July 10, as a library technician by the East Baton Rouge Parish Library because he ...

SUN VALLEY, Calif. (LBM)–During a “Truth Matters Conference” held in mid-October, noted theologian John MacArthur, pastor of the Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, criticized the ...

PARCHMAN, Miss. (LBM) – Robert Hyde, the immediate past pastor of Grace Baptist Church in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, who was granted parole in March 2022, has begun discipling inmates at the ...

NEW ORLEANS (LBM) – Messengers voted, June 13, to disfellowship three churches who were found to be “not in friendly cooperation” with the Southern Baptist Convention. The tally of three ballots was ...

PINEVILLE, La. (LCU News) – Louisiana Christian University held its 64th Annual Honors Convocation Tuesday, recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of students in academics and athletics. “The ...

ANDERSON, S.C. (Christian Post) — After a week of whispers that he had been fired, NewSpring Church, a popular megachurch in South Carolina with a weekly attendance of 30,000, confirmed Sunday that ...

BOSSIER CITY, La. (LBM) – An armed man was arrested after he entered a worship service at Bellaire Baptist Church June 1. According to KTBS-TV Shreveport, Christopher Dewayne Strong was arrested on ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (LBM) — Shane Wiggins, pastor of Baldwin Baptist Mission Church, Baldwin, Louisiana, was arrested, April 9, on charges of rape and molestation. Wiggins has been with the Baldwin ...

FOREST HILL, La. (LBM) – Pastor Mike Evans recently missed two months in the pulpit during a fierce battle with cancer and other medical issues, but through those trials he experienced God’s goodness ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (LBM) — Rhinestones, big hair, a disarming smile, and an unmistakable voice helped make Dolly Parton – noticeable. Born in the hills of east Tennessee, Dolly Parton was one of 12 ...