Brandon Porter

Twenty-twenty-six should be a year of celebration for the Women’s National Basketball Association. Ever since 2024, when star point guard Caitlin Clark was drafted by the Indiana Fever, the league has experienced newfound attention, increased TV ratings, and exponential increases in attendance. And yet rather than embracing this new opportunity, the WNBA is plagued by poor leadership including inexplicably poor treatment of Clark by fellow players. But it is the league’s stumbling in the face of perhaps the greatest social question facing women’s sports where it is most troubled.

PONTOTOC, Miss. — What do you get when a pharmaceutical rep, an assistant superintendent of education, and a banker walk into a church? For Green Valley Baptist Church in Pontotoc, it’s a 13-member staff of entirely bivocational ministers with no formal training or education. Every staff member, except for Pastor Brian Sansing, started as a layman who sensed God’s call to pour into the ministry at Green Valley. Then that work turned into a staff position.

WHITEVILLE, N.C. — A former pastor has been charged with 16 felony counts of embezzlement after arrest warrants accuse him of misappropriating nearly $58,000 from a Baptist church in southeastern North Carolina where he previously served.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Little over a decade ago, J.D. Vance was an atheist Yale Law School graduate obsessed with pursuing achievement in private life. Today he is a United States vice president who professes faith in Christ and rejects upward mobility as a means of fulfillment. Things have changed.

PLANO, Texas – Realizing the financial hardship of many families and the fact that 1 in 6 children face food insecurity in Collin County, Prestonwood Baptist Church recognizes an opportunity for the body of Christ.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Rodeado de amigos y familiares, Ryan Blackwell fue investido como el undécimo presidente y director ejecutivo de Recursos Cristianos Lifeway el lunes por la noche, 24 de agosto.

OAKLAND (BP) – Meta ha acordado pagar más de 17 mil millones de dólares como parte de un acuerdo extrajudicial en el que participan 47 estados y que incluye medidas de protección reforzadas para los usuarios más jóvenes de sus plataformas de redes sociales.

LAS VEGAS (BP) – La Junta Ejecutiva de la Convención Bautista de Nevada (NBC) anunció su aprobación de Adam Mallette, pastor principal de enseñanza de King’s Church en Las Vegas, para que se desempeñe como el próximo director ejecutivo/tesorero de la NBC, luego de una votación unánime el 11 de agosto en una reunión extraordinaria convocada para tal fin.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – The 2026 Replant Summit emphasized the spiritual work of renewal as nearly 400 pastors and church leaders gathered from 24 states and 181 churches, making it the largest Replant Summit the North American Mission Board (NAMB) has hosted.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Need to plan your pit stop for the 2027 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis? Though reservations don't open for a few more weeks, a list of hotel options is now available at the meeting's webpage