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House-passed budget bill defunds Planned Parenthood, affirms many Southern Baptist aims

House-passed budget bill defunds Planned Parenthood, affirms many Southern Baptist aims

May 23, 2025

WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. House passed a budget bill early today (May 22) to defund Planned Parenthood, end transgender interventions and help Christian nonprofits…

FIRST-PERSON: From the Mississippi to the nations – On 100 years of the SBC Cooperative Program

Dozens of pastors, SBC officers, state Baptist convention leaders, SBC ethnic leaders and others gathered in Memphis on May 13 to commemorate Southern Baptists' adoption of the Cooperative Program 100 years ago. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

FIRST-PERSON: From the Mississippi to the nations – On 100 years of the SBC Cooperative Program

May 21, 2025

Rankin to join new ministry Anchored International

IMB president emeritus Jerry Rankin (third from left) has been active in a variety of activities since retiring from full-time missions service, such as in this 2022 ribbon cutting at the dedication of the Rankin Mission Center on the campus of Mississippi College. (Photo credit: Mississippi College)

Rankin to join new ministry Anchored International

May 20, 2025

Celebrating 100 years of Cooperative Program ‘moments,’ opportunity for ‘sacred effort’

Dozens of pastors, SBC officers, state Baptist convention leaders, SBC ethnic leaders and others gathered to commemorate Southern Baptists' adoption of the Cooperative Program 100 years ago in Memphis. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

Celebrating 100 years of Cooperative Program ‘moments,’ opportunity for ‘sacred effort’

May 15, 2025

‘A Faith Under Siege’ documents Russia’s persecution of Christians in Ukraine

‘A Faith Under Siege’ documents Russia’s persecution of Christians in Ukraine

May 7, 2025

Barna report highlights
openness to faith among
Americans who reject God
A surprising openness to faith among Americans who currently reject God has been shared in a new report from George Barna, director of research at the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University. The American Worldview Inventory 2025, titled “Millions Admit They Could Be Persuaded That God Exists — Under the Right Conditions,” finds that one-third of doubters are “completely open” to belief if approached with a credible, personal explanation, Barna shared in a released statement. An additional 38% “might be open” — totaling over 50 million spiritually restless Americans. Shockingly, 40% of those who reject God still identify as Christians, the report said. Many attend church or read the Bible, Barna noted, yet deny the God they engage with. Most rejections of spiritual authority, he said, occur before age 22, highlighting the critical role of early worldview development. — The Baptist Paper