Louisiana can proceed with a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, according to a federal court decision on Feb. 20, 2026. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted that it ...

That’s why we should take seriously this question from his Jan. 29 “Graphs about Religion” column: “When are half our members going to be dead? The tipping point for many denominations is not that far ...

In the midst of heated debates about female pastors and the morality of in vitro fertilization, the national Southern Baptist Convention recently passed a religious liberty resolution that — in terms ...

There ought to be but three Christian denominations in the world,” an Episcopal bishop once said. ‘The Roman Catholics standing on one side for the authority of the church, and the Baptists standing ...

The latest Pew Research study finds Christianity remains stable after decades of decline, while the story for young adults ...

The Reverend Dr. Sammie E. Jones, local host chairman, and Reverend Dr. George W. Waddles Sr., the president of the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education have announced that the National ...

(The Conversation) — The recent annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention saw a number of motions related to women. The Conversation asked Susan Shaw, a gender and sexuality studies scholar ...

Fifty years ago, speakers at the first congress of the Baptist World Alliance pounded the rostrum in London’s massive, red brick Royal Albert Hall, predicted that the Alliance’s next meeting in London ...

I was shocked to hear that one of my best former students and a trusted colleague, Dr Jerry Johnson, had announced his conversion to Roman Catholicism ...

(The Conversation) — The phrase ‘separation of church and state’ dates back to a letter from Thomas Jefferson to a Baptist congregation. One of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against the Texas law ...