Bob Smietana

A survey from the global marketing firm Ipsos found many Americans think the meaning of the season is lost.

In the past, Hall's church, a fundamentalist congregation that opposes critical race theory, had stood behind its controversial pastor.

Lyell, a former vice president for Lifeway Christian Resources, the Southern Baptist publisher, whose life and career fell apart after she made her abuse experience public, doubts anything will change, even after the report. Lyell supported the abuse investigation but said it revealed only the tip of the iceberg.

As congregations shrink and close, church leaders must decide whether to give their buildings a second life.

For songwriter and storyteller Mark Lowry, the song's success is a miracle, three decades later.

Lamb had hosted a series of vaccine skeptics on his television program and claimed that the truth about COVID-19 was being censored.

Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, said he has encouraged people to get vaccinated but opposes mandates.