August 7, 2024 Stories

Chinese churches join IMB outreach in Paris

Reports continue coming from Paris. The Summer Olympic games are impacting the City of Lights while Christians are sharing the light of the gospel. Eric and Su-Jeong Kuykendall are International Mission Board missionaries who serve Chinese churches in Paris. The Kuykendalls said there are 600,000 Chinese living in Paris, with less than 5% being professing Christians. They have been encouraging churches to engage people with the gospel.

Prayer and meditation

Christian leaders have correctly identified numerous problems with the wholesale endorsement of the meditation exercises promoted by both Hinduism and Buddhism. Still, according to Pew Research, a higher percentage of evangelicals than Hindus meditate in any given week in America. Where is the disconnect? Are Christians and Hindus talking about two different things? 

Battles stew in Louisiana, Oklahoma over Scripture mandates in schools

Parents and lawmakers are battling one another over religious mandates impacting public schools across Louisiana and Oklahoma.

Thacker to Help Launch SBU’s Artificial Intelligence Initiative

On Monday, Aug. 12, Dr. Jason Thacker, Director of the Research Institute at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, will address SBU’s faculty and staff on the challenges and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence.  

Singer-songwriter Andrew Peterson to keynote HLGU’s annual booster night

Hannibal-LaGrange University is thrilled to announce its annual Booster Night (formerly known as Booster Banquet), featuring acclaimed singer-songwriter and author Andrew Peterson. This much-anticipated event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, at 7:00 PM in the Roland Fine Arts Center.

Lifeway Research: Most pastors have limited non-ministry work experience

A pastor’s resumé might include multiple churches and ministry roles, but most won’t have much non-ministry experience listed. Most current U.S. Protestant senior pastors worked outside of ministry as adults for only a short time, according to a Lifeway Research study. Only 3 in 10, however, began vocational ministry as the senior pastor.

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