via:christianpost A church consultant says that when it comes to pastors’ salaries, the small minority of preachers who live lavishly should not be reason to underpay the other 400,000 pastors leading churches. A pastor’s salary is a quiet issue, Thom Rainer, president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources, acknowledged in a December blog post. It […]

via:christianpost A recent survey taken by LifeWay Research shows a majority of adults in the U.S. believe businesses and organizations should be mandated to provide contraception and birth control for their employees. Interestingly, the respondents feel even organizations and businesses with strong religious objections should not be exempted. According to the LifeWay Research survey, nearly […]

Nominated for the Best-Motion Picture at the Oscars, “The Blind Side” is being pulled off the shelves of LifeWay Christian Bookstores for language content. Florida Pastor Rodney L. Baker of Hopeful Baptist Church of Lake City presented a resolution to the Southern Baptist Convention for the popular movie released in November 2009 about the biography of […]

via bcnn1.com The number of baptisms in the Southern Baptist Convention in 2010 fell by nearly 5 percent, according to the Annual Church Profile (ACP) compiled by LifeWay Christian Resources in cooperation with Baptist state conventions.