(ANALYSIS) In a summer when world leaders debate regulation of artificial intelligence and digital platforms scramble to retain user trust, Pope Leo XIV is offering a different vision â rooted not in control but in communion, not in efficiency but in encounter. Over a million young people under the Roman twilight, that invitation resonated â not as nostalgia, but as a hopeful step into the future.
Read More(ANALYSIS) Ask Harvard University. But first, British philosopher John Locke said each person has God-given rights to life, liberty, and property. Americaâs Declaration of Independence replaced âpropertyâ with âthe Pursuit of Happinessâ as among humansâ âunalienable Rights ⌠endowed by their Creator.â On the brink of the Declarationâs 250th anniversary, just how can happiness be pursued?
Read MoreOver the last 42 years, tens of thousands of Gospel conversations have taken place during the annual Brazil mission trip, thousands upon thousands of professions of faith have been heard, and as of last month, 75 churches have been built.
Read More(REVIEW) âThe Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Artâ is a deeply academic tome. Its 480 pages includes an extensive set of endnotes that will no doubt prove invaluable to future scholarship, while its large appendix is itself a significant resource. Yet, with Andersonâs lucid and well-informed writing style, this book will be accessible to a wide audience of readers.
Read MoreYou wouldnât usually think of going to a pub for a church service â especially for a baptism â but this is all in a dayâs work for the Rev. Ben Woodfield. He has been holding services at The Mosley Arms for three years when parishioner Mike McGarry asked to reaffirm the promises made at his childhood baptism. The reverend simply arranged a time and date and brought along a portable baptistery.
Read MoreBaptist Student Ministries. Baptist Collegiate Ministries. Baptist Campus Ministries. Christian Challenge. By whatever name, it still produces missionaries and the next generation of Southern Baptist leaders.
Read MoreOver 10 weeks, boys progressed from basic stances and footwork to live sparring, with each session building confidence alongside muscle memory. What started as tentative jabs evolved into combinations as the young fighters learned to face adversity head-on. âI learned to protect myself,â said 9-year-old Kohanim Chavez. âI had a good time with my dad, and he was one of the best trainers.â
Read More(OPINION) A professor explained that âartâ was short for âartifice.â Art was an interpretation, a cleverly designed facsimile crafted to produce a particular insight or reaction. It evoked the essence of a real thing, but it was in fact not the thing. You had to keep your audience in mind.
Read More(ANALYSIS) The situation in Gaza requires urgent attention and response from the international community â to prevent further civilian suffering and death. While some steps have been taken to provide humanitarians assistance, as it stands, the steps appear to be too little and too late to address the current and ever-growing needs of the population.
Read More(ANALYSIS) Christian transhumanism sounds like a contradiction â because it is. For years, transhumanism has been tied to atheism. Man becoming god. Machines replacing miracles. But now, a strange movement is growing in America. Some believers argue that resurrection and uploading your mind aren't so different. That eternal life through tech is an upgrade, not heresy.
Read More(OPINION) If you are a regular reader of MinistryWatch, and you appreciate our approach to the news, you should know about Bob Case. In fact, if you read WORLD Magazine, or Christianity Today, or The Dispatch, or any of dozens of other news outlets, you have â whether you know it or not â been influenced by Bob Case.
Read More(ANALYSIS) PCA folks, itâs your moment â few denominations punch above their weight online like you do. Hereâs why.
Read MoreHouses for Healing has provided almost 12,000 nights of free lodging for people seeking medical assistance in this West Texas city since completing its first four cottages in 2018. Typically, all 20 units are full with a waiting list. Ten new units are under construction.
Read MoreDeion Sanders canât â or wonât â stop talking about the Lord. Especially now. This week, Coloradoâs head football coach mentioned God and faith at least three dozen times during a 40-minute news conference to discuss his private battle with bladder cancer.
Read MoreChanneling the rage on the Bluesky social-media platform, Sunny Hostin at âThe Viewâ claimed that the decision by CBS executives to cancel Stephen Colbert's âLate Showâ could be the start of dangerous people "dismantling of our Constitution.â This raised questions for me, several of which were discussed during this weekâs âCrossroadsâ podcast. For starters, who â other than President Donald Trump & Co. â were these dangerous people? Did this include millions of Americans who used to watch late-night TV and are now watching whatever they choose to watch on YouTube?
Read MoreOnce known for its secularism and high levels of literacy and political consciousness, this Indian state is witnessing a quiet but significant ideological shift â one surfacing not only in its mainstream politics but also within its religious communities. Among the most notable of these shifts is the slow but visible tilt of a section of Syrian Christians toward right-wing Hindu nationalism.
Read MoreBrent Leatherwood has resigned as president of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, ending nearly nine years of service that began in 2017 as director of strategic partnerships. The ERLC Board of Trustees accepted Leatherwoodâs resignation in a called meeting Thursday in Nashville, gratefully noting his character and achievements in the role he began in 2021 in an acting capacity before becoming president in 2022.
Read MoreSchool choice and Christian education advocates are lauding an unprecedented provision buried in the 1,116 pages of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law on July 4 by President Donald Trump. However, questions remain about the first-ever federal private school tax credit.
Read MoreThe University of California agreed to pay $6.13 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the school of antisemitism in its handling of campus protests that excluded Jews from sections of the campus. Hours later, the DOJ said UCLA violated the civil rights of Jewish students, neglecting âobligations under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.â
Read MoreReligious demand for wildlife products can be just as relentless as demand for items used in traditional medicine, status symbols or investments. From African elephant ivory carved into crucifixes for Catholics to Islamic prayer beads and Coptic crosses to amulets and carvings for Buddhists and Taoists in Thailand, the list is very long.
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