GBC trims budget, staff Fourth staff downsizing since 2009 as giving levels drop By Joe Westbury, Managing Editor Published February 9, 2012
The Georgia Baptist Convention experienced its most dramatic staff reduction ever on Jan. 27 and 30 as 16 employees and two vacant positions were eliminated in the latest round of downsizing.
The Mission Volunteers department may no longer exist as a result of declining Cooperative Program receipts, but that doesn't mean Georgia Baptists won't have access to state-of-the-art resources.
Simms to begin new chapter of ministry Athens pastor honored for service at Beech Haven Baptist Church By J. Gerald Harris, Editor Published February 9, 2012
After more than 30 years as pastor of Beech Haven Baptist Church in Athens, Stewart B. Simms Jr. has retired.
Fishing and fundraising Cordele church member's passion helps feed others By J. Gerald Harris, Editor Published February 9, 2012
Most Americans are not aware of the high level of hunger in the United States today. In 2010, 17.2 million households (approximately one in seven) were food insecure, the highest number ever recorded in the United States.
It was fitting that Bailey Smith was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Evangelism at one of his Real Evangelism Conferences. Georgia Baptist Convention Executive Director J. Robert White presented the award to Smith at Second Baptist Church on behalf of the Convention's Evangelism Department.
Longtime Billy Graham soloist George Beverly Shea celebrated his 103rd birthday Feb. 1 surrounded by family as greetings poured in from all over the world.
Presidential candidates who discuss their faith on the campaign trail may not be helping their bid for the nomination, according to a LifeWay Research survey of American adults.
Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 5.02 percent above the year-to-date budgeted goal and are less than 1 percent (0.82 percent) behind contributions received during the same time frame last year
Louisiana pastor Fred Luter has told his congregation that he's willing to have his name placed in nomination for president of the Southern Baptist Convention, a step that could lead to a historic election.
Georgia Baptist Convention President John Waters, First Baptist Church, Statesboro, announces that the following persons will serve on the 2012 Committee on Nominations:
A New York City pastor says a recent ban on churches meeting in schools, though troubling for constitutional and practical reasons, is an unprecedented occasion for believers to demonstrate the love of Christ.
State conventions bordering the Peach State are finding themselves in the same boat as the Georgia Baptist Convention when it comes to offering the most ministry for the least amount of money.
When former White House aide Timothy Goeglein realized he had been caught in a plagiarism scandal, he collapsed as a broken man, gripping the cross of Christ and genuinely hating himself.
