Many church training events provide equipping for a ministry focus area, like youth or Sunday School. It’s often hard to find events that offer training in every aspect of church ministry, but an upcoming event sponsored by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina is helping meet that need.

The need for a medical clinic first became apparent to the Korean Baptists last year, when their church donated caravans for Zaatari refugees to use as housing. The volunteers were struck by the sheer number of refugees, none of whom appear to have access to regular medical care in Jordan.

A Florida church received a notice from local officials that it must obtain a business license or close, even though federal and local laws exempt churches from obtaining such licenses. Common Ground Church was told by officials it would have to cease its activities and pay up to $500 per day ...

After Donna Reed died, the family agreed to honor what she would have wanted – giving life to another. Her pastor’s father, Louis Robertson, had been on the liver transplant list since October. The result of the liver transplant has resulted in a special bond between the Robertson and Reed families.

Jesus calls all people, including those with same-sex attraction, in the same way: to repent and believe, said British author and pastor Sam Allberry in a March 4 lecture at Boyce College. Allberry is associate pastor at St. Mary’s Church in Maidenhead, United Kingdom, and author of Is God Anti-Gay? ...

In 2012, President Barack Obama announced a new program called “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” or DACA for short. The program, known as the Dream Act, allows students like Cesar, who came to the United States as children, to receive a renewable work permit to stay in the U.S.