Go to Church, Live Longer Posted on April 1, 2013 by Jerry Newcombe The quest to live longer is an old one. Around this time, we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first known European discovering Florida—Ponce de Leon. This was at Easter time, during which in his native Spain, the cathedrals were filled with [...]

Feb. 7, 2013 Baylor Media CommunicationsContact: Terry Goodrich,(254) 710-3321 WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2013) — Byron Johnson, Ph.D., director of Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, has been named Big Brother of the Year Lone Star, an award recognizing outstanding volunteers who provide exceptional and life-changing impact through one-on-one mentoring to children who face [...]

Waco: Baylor Religion Professor Chosen As Big Brother Of The Year WACO (January 30, 2013)–Baylor University religion professor Byron Johnson was selected as “Big Brother of the Year” by Big Brother Big Sisters. The organization, which pairs mentors and children in the community, selected Johnson out of their Lone Star area which covers all of [...]

Browse: Home / This Week’s Featured Program / Connecting Faith with Neil Stavem / More God, Less Crime More God, Less Crime By Grace Reif on November 12, 2012 Efforts to marginalize faith and the Bible in public life increase every year, and the impact of faith-based ministries on society are frequently overlooked. We’ll discover [...]

Most prison ministries assert that religion is the essential ingredient in helping former prisoners to lead crime-free lives.  But is there any empirical evidence to support this notion?  In an article published in the January issue of Corrections Today, Byron Johnson, presents research suggesting that the early answer to this question is “yes.” From 1997 [...]

This story was published August 7, 2011 Prejudices of secular and religious groups alike stand in the way of successful crime reduction efforts. We now have data confirming what objective and open-minded observers already knew: that religious commitment and faith-based approaches, as well as the transformative power of faith itself, can be central in reducing [...]

January 10, 2012 Senior citizens are less likely to support same-sex marriage than younger Americans, but that does not mean that they are anti-gay. For a number of years, there has been a contentious public debate in the United States on homosexuality and, more recently, same-sex marriage. Like any other social issue, Americans hold diverse [...]