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Wide-ranging survey gives detailed look at state of worship in Southern Baptist churches

Wide-ranging survey gives detailed look at state of worship in Southern Baptist churches

September 17, 2026

Editor’s note: This is part 1 in a three-part series based on results from the SBC Worship: Congregations and Leadership Study. NASHVILLE (BP) — It’s…

Lifeway Research: Men’s ministry vital to churches’ health

Lifeway Research: Men’s ministry vital to churches’ health

September 15, 2026

‘I blew it’ on blasphemy, Mohler admits of his hypothetical Christian nationalism

Albert Mohler addresses messengers to the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando. (Photo credit: BP)

‘I blew it’ on blasphemy, Mohler admits of his hypothetical Christian nationalism

September 14, 2026

Southern Baptists remember 9/11 and the response

Lt. Col. Ellen McArthur, of Red Bank, New Jersey, displays an American flag pulled from the ruins of the World Trade Center. (Photo credit: Jim Veneman)

Southern Baptists remember 9/11 and the response

September 11, 2026

Illinois assisted suicide law takes effect Sept. 12, with limited restraining order

Illinois assisted suicide law takes effect Sept. 12, with limited restraining order

September 9, 2026

Longtime Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary
professor James Parker dies
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — James Parker III, who taught Christian philosophy and apologetics at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1999 until his retirement in 2019, died Oct. 23 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was 77. Parker joined the Southern Seminary faculty in 1999 as professor of worldview and culture and associate dean of the newly created Worldview and Culture division of the School of Theology. For years, he taught introductory courses in Christian philosophy and apologetics at the master’s and doctoral levels. “Jim Parker loved ideas, and he taught a generation of students to love ideas — understood through the immeasurable riches of the Christian tradition of scholarly reflection and a serious commitment to biblical Christianity,” said Southern Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. “He was greatly loved by students.”