Bob Smietana – Author – MinistryWatch
At its height, Promise Keepers drew millions of men to its events
Bill McCartney, a former college football coach who became one of the most influential religious figures in American life during the 1990s after founding the Promise Keepers movement, died Friday (Jan. 10).
10 years after GRACE abuse report, BJU accused of ‘form over substance’ and ‘rules over people’
According to Bob Jones University, the school has significantly strengthened its response to abuse disclosures over the past decade
Three years ago, James McDowell, a former principal at the Hillcrest School in Nigeria, used a post in a Facebook group for the school’s alumni to confess to molesting two students. That led to more ...
Tony Campolo, an American Baptist minister and sociologist who spent decades trying to convince evangelicals and other Christians that their faith should motivate them to address social ills like poverty and racism, has died.
Statement warns against using Dietrich Bonhoeffer to compare current election with rise of Nazis
In recent years, author and radio host Eric Metaxas and other conservative Christian supporters of Donald Trump have compared themselves to the famed German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer — who was put to death, in part, ...
In Helene’s and Milton’s wake, disaster relief ministries prepare for years-long recovery efforts
With the one-two punch of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton within two weeks of one another, faith-based disaster groups are getting ready for a long, slow recovery that may take years.
A former professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary pleaded guilty Wednesday (Oct. 16) to lying to the FBI during an investigation into sexual abuse.
Water Mission and World Vision among ministries providing disaster relief
Disaster relief workers from Mennonite communities arrived outside Asheville, N.C. to help clear the back roads as government services focus on main thoroughfares as well as search and rescue.
Southern Baptists and the Salvation Army were preparing before storm hit landfall
Even before Hurricane Helene made landfall in the United States, faith-based disaster groups were on the move.
SBC and former president likely headed to trial
Court-ordered mediation between a former Southern Baptist Convention president and lawyers for the nation’s largest Protestant denomination failed last week — meaning the dispute between the two parties is likely headed to a trial in ...
