WAKE FOREST, N.C. — The year 2025 is marked by five significant anniversaries for the Christian church and especially for Southern Baptists. Demonstrating God’s faithfulness in the lives of his people, these historical milestones also highlight the Church’s rich confessional, ecclesial, and missional heritage, which Southeastern Seminary is honored to teach and to steward.

NASHVILLE (BP) – High probability reports of extreme weather this weekend that include long-range tornadoes have Southern Baptist Disaster Relief directors contacting unit leaders and advising people to be prepared.

MORRISTOWN, Tenn. — In the wake of the floods that struck Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia, God’s Warehouse Ministries has mobilized a rapid response effort to deliver critical supplies to affected communities. 

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — Harp’s Crossing Baptist Church saw a tremendous response to its 'Harvest Day' event on Sunday, March 2. Pastor Dennis Watson invites evangelist Keith Fordham to preach at the event each year, and this one was no different.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BP) — A bipartisan bill may give ministers who decided long ago to opt out of Social Security benefits the chance to change their minds.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The 2025 Sizemore Lectures at Midwestern Seminary featured renowned Bible scholar Peter Williams, principal and CEO of Tyndale House, Cambridge. Williams delivered two lectures on March 4 and 5 and joined Midwestern Seminary President Jason Allen for a special Q&A luncheon with the seminary community.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. — Southeastern Seminary hosted the southeast regional meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Evangelical Philosophical Society, which brought 175 scholars from surrounding states to Southeastern’s campus last week on March 7 and 8, 2025.

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Chris Cook, pastor of Parkade Baptist, Columbia, didn’t know what to think when Pastor Mayinto Ganzon reached out to him on Facebook in November of 2023. Cook was a little skeptical at first, but he replied.

We live in an age where people resist and even resent the idea of authority. A rugged individualism that says you cannot tell me what to do governs our thinking. Misguided moral relativism whispers the lie that what’s true for you may not be true for me.

It’s a spectacular true story. When we step into the Israelites’ sandals, applying it to our lives, we gain insight and encouragement from the book of Exodus. The people of Israel came out of Egypt after 430 years of slavery. Their fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, great-great-grandfathers, and so on and so on for centuries had all been slaves.

I don’t know about you, but I love a good rescue story.  You know the one’s where something or someone has been saved due to the heroic efforts of another person or a team of …

SOMERSET, Ky. (KT) — The legacy of the late Henry Blackaby was honored Tuesday when the Kentucky Baptist Convention named him as the recipient of the Legacy in Evangelism Award. Blackaby's son, Richard, president of Blackaby Ministries International and a speaker at the REACH Evangelism and Missions Conference, accepted the award on behalf of the family.

SOMERSET, Ky. (KT) — Richard Blackaby, president of Blackaby Ministries International, concluded the final session of the REACH Evangelism and Missions Conference on Tuesday, by saying God is able regardless of the size of task or the opposition that one may face.

NASHVILLE (BP) – The U.S. Department of Justice informed Southern Baptist Convention attorneys Wednesday, March 12, that its investigation into the SBC and its entities is closed. No sexual abuse-related charges were filed.

In an interview with The Christian Index, Dr. Jeff Iorg, president of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, celebrated the success Georgia Baptists are seeing in reaching their state with the gospel of Jesus, and exhorted them to "stay focused."

SAN DIEGO – Imagine taking a physics class in a language you’re still learning to speak. This is the reality for thousands of students in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego, one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the United States. Just under six square miles, the area represents a population that speaks over 45 languages and over 100 dialects.

Human trafficking is the second-largest criminal industry in the world and reaps approximately $32 billion annually, enslaving an estimated 24.9 million victims worldwide. It is no discriminator of persons, preying upon adults and children of all ages, backgrounds, and nationalities.

MAYSVILLE, Ga. — Late winter is the time for men to get together to talk hunting, eat wild game, and hear about Jesus. At events across Georgia, churches are seeing fruit from their outreach to men who enjoy the outdoors.

REDLANDS, Calif. — As Nancy prepared to be baptized at Portrait Church in Redlands, she couldn’t get rid of a nagging fear. A young single mom in her 30s battling cancer, one side of her body had recently lost all feeling.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — 217 newly endorsed church planters from 30 U.S. states, four Canadian Provinces, and Puerto Rico gathered at the North American Mission Board’s Alpharetta building earlier this month for Send Network Orientation, an event that kickstarts planters’ journeys by immersing them in Send Network’s values.

SCOTT DEPOT, W.Va. — Eric W. Ramsey, who has served as Executive Director-Treasurer of the West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists since February 2020, has accepted the call to pastor First Baptist Church Checotah, Okla. He was officially voted in by the congregation on March 9, 2025, with a unanimous decision and will transition from his WVCSB role over the next two months. 

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The average Southern Baptist church calls the South home, but the only region of the country where those congregations are growing is the Northeast. Churches are baptizing more people, but most churches remain small, and fewer attendees are involved in small groups.

To understand the fight against modern-day slavery, we must first understand the people who are at risk of being trafficked. Human trafficking happens across the world, from small villages in Southeast Asia to major European cities to suburban neighborhoods in the US. Despite the difference in locations, at-risk populations share some major commonalities.

Sex trafficking is one of the world’s most underreported crimes. Victims rarely disclose their abuse because they have often been threatened or coerced into staying silent. In order to help these victims, understanding the signs and symptoms that might indicate someone is being trafficked is of the utmost importance.

Real estate agents call it curb appeal. The idea is that what a potential buyer can see before entering a home is essential to garnering interest. One fixture for most homes is the front porch. No matter a home’s neighborhood or architectural design, a front porch or covered entrance is usually found.