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MANY CHURCHES PRIORITIZE DISCIPLESHIP, BUT HAVE NO PLAN

September 4, 2025

Pastors have a lot of thoughts about discipleship, but they aren’t sure it’s happening in their churches. In the first part of the State of Discipleship study from Lifeway Research, U.S. Protestant pastors shared their understanding of what discipleship means and how it best occurs. The full State of Discipleship will be released over the next year, providing the perspectives of both pastors and churchgoers. “Making disciples was the Great

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FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS DISPLAYING OF TEN COMMANDMENTS IN TEXAS

August 28, 2025

SAN ANTONIO — A federal district judge in San Antonio blocked implementation of a law mandating the display of a prescribed version of the Ten Commandments in every Texas public school classroom. U.S. District Court Judge Fred Biery issued the preliminary injunction Aug. 20 in Rabbi Mara Nathan, et al, v. Alamo Heights Independent School District, et al. Biery ruled SB 10, due to take effect Sept. 1, violates both

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CHURCH BRANDING: IT’S ABOUT MISSION, NOT JUST LOGOS

August 25, 2025

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP) – The brouhaha over a certain country-themed restaurant/store’s brand redesign touches on a topic that churches encounter at some point. Words like “branding” and “marketing” can cause ministers to flinch, because there is no greater example of either than the work of the Gospel in a person’s life. But a logo is often the first visual associated with a church, and there’s a pretty simple way to

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FOCUS ON THE FAMILY FOUNDER JAMES C. DOBSON DIES

August 21, 2025

James C. Dobson — founder of Focus on the Family, one of the world’s largest faith-based organizations — died Aug. 21. He was 89. Dobson founded Colorado-based Focus on the Family in 1977 with the vision of strengthening marriages and parenting. He wrote more than 70 books, many of which are still widely read today. His daily radio broadcasts were heard on more than 4,000 stations in North America and

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SBC PARTNERS WITH ABUSE PREVENTION EXPERTS TO LAUNCH ENHANCED HELPLINE

August 19, 2025

NASHVILLE — Abuse survivors now have enhanced resources and support through expanded services at the SBC Abuse Response Helpline, powered by a new partnership with The Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention. The Helpline delivers gospel-focused abuse support for survivors and ministry leaders through the collaborative partnership. The first abuse tipline was launched by the SBC Executive Committee in May 2022. “Our new Helpline suite of services enhances our efforts at

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WHAT REALLY DRIVES PASTORS TO LEAVE MINISTRY

August 13, 2025

BRENTWOOD – Few pastors leave the pulpit each year, but those who do mostly say it was a personal decision. According to a Lifeway Research study of former senior pastors in four Protestant denominations who stepped down before retirement age, 4 in 5 (81 percent) felt sure during most of their ministry at their last church that they could stay there as long as they wanted. Only around 1 percent of U.S.

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4 IN 5 CHURCHES ENGAGE WITH LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NEW SURVEY REVEALS

August 8, 2025

BRENTWOOD – As students head back to the classroom, they’re likely to see the impact of local churches in their schools this year. According to a Lifeway Research study, 4 in 5 U.S. Protestant pastors identify at least one way their congregations have engaged with local public schools in the last year. Only 18 percent of churches say they weren’t involved with area schools. The average congregation connected with schools in

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CP GIVING REMAINS AROUND 3% UNDER BUDGET

August 8, 2025

NASHVILLE (BP) – Cooperative Program giving in July came in more than 6 percent below budget, while designated giving showed a marked increase over July of last year. Southern Baptists gave more than $14 million in undesignated receipts last month, bringing the year-to-date total to $155,238,788.72 – 3.13 percent below the year-to-date budget goal of $160,250,000. Designated receipts for July were well above (62.34 percent) last year’s July numbers, bringing

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LEATHERWOOD RESIGNS FROM ERLC

July 31, 2025

NASHVILLE (BP) – Brent 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 Leatherwood’s resignation in a called meeting today (July 31) in Nashville, gratefully noting his character and achievements in the role he began in 2021 in an acting capacity before becoming president

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THE PASTOR BURNOUT CRISIS IS REAL, BUT THE MASS EXODUS ISN’T

July 29, 2025

Each week, headlines tell us pastors are burnt out. They’re leaving the ministry. They’re throwing in the towel. Pastoral ministry is too hard on the family. The demands are too high. The challenges are too difficult. The message we hear: There’s a mass exodus of pastors. While this story isn’t all wrong, the assertion that pastors are leaving the pulpit in droves because of ministry burnout is a myth. The

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LEATHERWOOD RESIGNS FROM ERLC

July 31, 2025

NASHVILLE (BP) – Brent Leatherwood has resigned as president of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, ending nearly nine years of service that

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