Matthew Banther is Calvary Church’s director of global mission and digital engagement and works closely with the IMB to develop methods of digital engagement.

Because this gambling avalanche isn’t slowing down, we need biblical wisdom and guidance for this shifting landscape. Scripture points to at least four ways gambling in general, and sports gambling in ...

HILLSBORO, Texas – A citywide Bible class started by a First Baptist pastor a century ago has survived wars, the Great Depression, changes in church participation, a pandemic and more. M.B. Hays, ...

GORDON, Texas (BP) – Albert Oliveira is back in the pulpit of his Texas pastorate after having voluntarily returned to his Brazilian homeland in late 2025 before his visa expired. Previously, he and ...

MOSCOW, Idaho (BP) – America erred in not acknowledging in the Constitution a national Christian foundation, theologian Albert Mohler said in a hypothetical argument for the nation to so amend the ...

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Looking out at those gathered for a weekend worship service, around half of pastors say their congregations have grown. Slightly more than half of U.S. Protestant pastors (54 ...

When a mother has a chance to meet the man who killed her daughter, her faith is put to the test. It proves to be a defining moment in the killer's life and in her own.

ABUJA, Nigeria (BP) – The Nigerian government has improved its response to terrorism, Open Doors U.S. said Sept. 3 in a report on the African nation, noting concurrent increases in killings and ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from “The Death of Religion?: Nones, Others, and the Flourishing of Faith” by Thomas S. Kidd and Byron R. Johnson. I interviewed a particular prisoner on ...

NASHVILLE (BP) – Need to plan your pit stop for the 2027 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis? Though reservations don’t open for a few more weeks, a list of hotel options is now available at the ...

PHILADELPHIA (BP) – Only a quarter of Americans attend church weekly, the same percentage as a year ago, the American Bible Society (ABS) said Aug. 13 in its latest release. But the number of those ...

Editor’s note: This article is an adapted excerpt from “Hope for the Anxious and Depressed” by Hope A. Blanton and Christine B. Gordon. Copyright 2026, B&H ...