Protestant churches may be a little more diverse these days—and that’s a good thing, their pastors say.

03/20/2018 - By Bob Smietana / LifeWay Research

Nine out of 10 Protestant pastors in the United States believe their congregations would welcome sermons on racial reconciliation, according to a new study. 

03/20/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

If the average pastor has anything to do with it, church guests can expect multiple greetings—and may even leave with a gift, according to a new study.

03/15/2018 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

While prayer and church involvement are important, professional help is needed to treat depression, anxiety or any other mental health issue, a child advocate said.

03/13/2018 - By Joy Allmond / LifeWay Christian Resources

Everyone needs a Mrs. Fincher in their lives, actress Priscilla Shirer said of her character who stirs up the gift in MercyMe lead singer Bart Millard in the upcoming movie I Can Only Imagine.

03/06/2018 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Republicans who perceive God as highly engaged with humanity are like Democrats when it comes to social and economic justice issues, and Democrats who see God as a strict judge are like Republicans on retributive justice issues, according to a Baylor University study.

02/23/2018 - By Terry Goodrich / Baylor University

Churches, parents and Christian colleges face the challenge of instilling moral values in a generation of students who have grown up in a “digital Babylon” of easily accessible pornography, the president of a Christian research firm said.

02/05/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

About four in 10 Protestant churchgoers say their congregation has been involved with adoption or foster care in the past year, according to LifeWay Research.

01/26/2018 - By Bob Smietana / LifeWay Research

More than 140 evangelical Christian women from across the political and theological spectrums have signed onto a statement calling churches to end the silence around violence against women and the church’s participation in it.

12/22/2017 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

Theologian R.C. Sproul, who founded Florida-based Ligonier Ministries and wrote dozens of books, has died at age 78.

12/19/2017 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

“Shell shocked.” That’s how Michigan pastor Mathew Vroman felt after learning of the Nov. 5 massacre at a small Texas church that left 26 worshippers dead at the hands of a gunman.

12/19/2017 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

Nine in 10 American adults celebrate Christmas, but that celebration is shifting in a secular direction, according to the Pew Research Center.

12/15/2017 - By Cathy Lynn Grossman / Religion News Service