CHATSWORTH, Ga. — Nearly one year after becoming senior pastor of Holly Creek Baptist Church, Scott Linginfelter is helping the congregation move into a new season marked by evangelism, discipleship, and steady leadership.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (BP) – Allan Taylor, well-known author and associate pastor of First Baptist Church Concord in Knoxville, died Tuesday, July 28, following a stroke.

CLEVELAND, Ga. — The School of Music at Truett McConnell University is inviting singers from across North Georgia to join its annual Community Choir this fall. The choir will spend the semester rehearsing together and will finish with a special performance alongside a full orchestra of Dan Forrest's Jubilate Deo, a piece written in seven parts based on Psalm 100.

FORT WORTH, Texas — The School of Church Music and Worship’s Bowld Library recently accepted a collection of scores and works from former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary faculty member Bruce Leafblad’s library, a donation he called a way for him to continue investing in the institution he came to love in his years as a professor.

PULASKI, Tenn. — Those leading and volunteering at CB Outreach in Pulaski want their unity to show the world the truth of Christ. No competition. No tension. No barriers. Just a building in the center of a mission field.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — After 31 years as pastor of Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana de Savannah, Samuel Rodríguez was honored by a congregation, community members, and Baptist leaders who remembered his faithfulness, his love for the gospel, and his role as a pioneer in Hispanic Baptist ministry in the region.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Después de 31 años como pastor de la Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana de Savannah, Samuel Rodríguez fue honrado por una congregación, una comunidad y un grupo de líderes bautistas que recordaron su fidelidad, su amor por el evangelio y su papel como pionero de la obra bautista hispana en la región.

UNADILLA, Ga. — There are many words that describe Unadilla First Baptist Church’s Eddie Lee Bowen. A servant’s heart comes to mind. Humble and unwavering are others.

COCHRAN, Ga. — Mount Calvary Baptist Church was founded June 20, 1840, by seven charter members in rural Bleckley County, almost three decades before the city of Cochran was incorporated. Nearly 185 years later, Pastor Lane Collins believes those early members would be grateful to see a church marked by growth, unity, and a staff that serves together in love.

A team of eight from CrossView Baptist Church traveled with the Mell Baptist Association to Ichmul, Mexico, this summer to serve a village of about 100 to 150 people.

VIDALIA, Ga. — A Christian learning center in Vidalia has filed a federal lawsuit against Vidalia City Schools, alleging the district ended its relationship with the ministry after its director criticized a proposed tax increase on his personal Facebook page.

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. — More than 600 pastors, church leaders and lay people traveled from across the country—2,275 miles by plane from California, 11 hours by train from Louisiana or by car from across the region—to find renewal on “the mountain” at the 2026 Black Church Leadership and Family Conference.

SEATTLE (BP) – The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has submitted an amicus brief supporting a Christian ministry’s right to hire support staff who agree with the ministry’s tenets in a case the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is rehearing.

Esther (Sook Hyung) Kim, a Southern Baptist missionary to Philippines, died July 16 after suffering a heart attack. She was 64.

Snowcapped mountains stand tall, sprinkled with forests of greenery against backdrops of blue sky. Despite being layered with light, these mountain ranges are home to some of the least reached people groups, making it one of the most spiritually dark places in the world.

Chapters 3–4 of Judges recount the repeated cycle of Israel’s disobedience, captivity, and deliverance. Living among the pagan tribes in Canaan, the people of God gave in to the peer pressure around them and “did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.”

It is only natural that if you’ve been a member of a church for an extended period of time, you will relate to some pastors more than others. That is not necessarily a bad thing. You are human, and we all tend to favor some personality types over others.

CLEVELAND, Ga. — Truett McConnell University is inviting Northeast Georgia residents to join a historic week of celebration this September as the University officially inaugurates Dr. Larry W. Lyon as its ninth president while commemorating its 80th Anniversary. 

ORLANDO, Fla. — What began as a week of evangelistic outreach has become an ongoing season of ministry for Hispanic Florida Baptist churches across Central Florida.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Lo que comenzó como una semana de alcance evangelístico se ha convertido en una temporada continua de ministerio para iglesias hispanas bautistas de Florida en toda la región central del estado.

In a village in Thailand, a pastor’s wife knows how to safely move a stroke survivor’s arm. Sue Papen, a physical therapist, taught her, as well as other church leaders and national partners, a simple range of motion exercises.

ROME, Ga. — A local youth has recently become the first member from his troop to achieve the capstone award given out by nationwide outdoor adventure and character development organization Trail Life USA.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Odelle Cadwell of Temple of Faith Baptist Church in Detroit is the recipient of the 2026 Dellanna West O’Brien Leadership Award, national Woman's Missionary Union’s most prestigious leadership honor.

ROCKSPRINGS, Texas (BP) – Flash flooding that wiped out the only road to a Texas Hill Country adventure camp last week prompted a call for help that led to a ride that 325 middle schoolers will never forget.

ATHENS, Ga. — What began as a World Cup final watch party at Green Acres Baptist Church became a picture of the nations gathered around one table.