This Bible study expands upon the Explore the Bible curriculum from Lifeway Christian Resources. This week's study focuses on Micah 4:6–8; 5:1–9.

This week’s Bible study is adapted from the Explore the Bible curriculum by Lifeway Christian Resources and focuses on Micah 4:6-8, 5:1-9.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – People are still watching sermons and presentations delivered at the Georgia Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Augusta earlier this week by tuning into the ACTS2 television streaming service. “It was just that good,” said Scott Smith, communications director for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board. “The preaching and the music were world class. Every presentation was riveting, and there was such a spirit of unity over the entire three days that we were together.  Plus, we celebrated our bicentennial. That’s a big draw, too.”

This Bible study expands upon the Explore the Bible curriculum from Lifeway Christian Resources. This week's study focuses on Micah 4:6–8, 5:1–9.

This Bible study expands upon the Bible Studies for Life curriculum from Lifeway Christian Resources. This week's study focuses on Deuteronomy 6:1–9.

JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi Baptists are becoming a fixture at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson, witnessing to participants and attendees at the Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo in February and the Mississippi State Fair in October.

GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico (BP) – Send Relief held grand opening ceremonies for its ministry center in Guaynabo, hosting local government leaders, Send Puerto Rico church planters, local pastors and disaster relief organization staff.

The difference between a northern cook and a southern one is often revealed at the holidays.  I married a man from the South.  He was living in Kentucky at the time but he had roots in Georgia and Florida.  He came from a place of black-eyed peas, savory ham, and cornbread dressing, where a “pig tail in the beans” quite literally meant the tail of a pig in the beans.  (I know because I fished it out once at a family reunion.)

JUNEAU, Alaska (BP) – Members of Rescate Church, the only Hispanic Southern Baptist Church in Alaska, have seen great spiritual fruit in the last couple of years and desire to continue growing their ministry by planting more Hispanic churches throughout the state.

This photo essay captures scenes from the final day of the Georgia Baptist Convention’s three-day bicentennial celebration at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta. At the Tuesday session, …

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Messengers to the Georgia Baptist Convention elected four new vice presidents at their annual meeting on Tuesday in Augusta. Rubén Torres, pastor of Iglesia Bautista Victoria en Cristo, was voted in as first vice president; Anthony Wilson, bi-vocational pastor of Church 180 in Hampton, as second vice president; Steve Taylor, lead pastor of McConnell Memorial Church in Hiawassee, as third vice president; and David Lambert, pastor of First Baptist Church in Thomson, as fourth vice president.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Georgia Baptists chose Fayetteville Pastor Josh Saefkow as their president in an annual meeting in Augusta on Tuesday. Saefkow, a respected denominational leader who has served in numerous roles in the Georgia Baptist Convention, was elected without opposition.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Georgia Baptist community has grown over the past two centuries into state’s largest religious organization with more than 1.3 million members. “God did that,” said Thomas Hammond, executive director of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, speaking to a standing-room-only crowd Tuesday at Warren Baptist Church. Georgia Baptists now have 3,400 churches in every city, town, and community across the state. “God did that,” Hammond repeated.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Georgia Baptist Convention, the state’s largest religious organization with 1.4 million members, grew even bigger and more ethnically diverse on Tuesday when 17 new churches and two missions joined its ranks. Of the new churches, four are Hispanic, three are Korean, two are African American, one is Russian, and one identifies itself as predominantly deaf.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Messengers to the Georgia Baptist Convention’s annual meeting have approved appointments to a task force that will review and recommend changes to the convention’s constitution. Executive Committee Chairman Josh Saefkow had recommended the members of the 10-member task force.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Georgia Baptist Mission Board will set up a telephone hotline by early next year for people to report cases of sexual abuse. That was one of the recommendations from the Special Committee on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse, a six-member panel that has been meeting for the past year to find ways to stop sexual abuse.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Georgia Baptists are projected to give nearly $59.6 million through the Cooperative Program and special offerings to fund myriad initiatives aimed at shining the light of the gospel within the state, across the nation and around the world. That total includes financial gifts to the Lottie Moon offering for international missions and the Annie Armstrong offering for North American missions, which are expected to generate $16.5 million and $9.3 million respectively.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Georgia Baptist Convention President Kevin Williams acknowledges the “ups and downs” of two centuries of sharing the gospel. “Here we are 200 years later having accomplished much,” he told messengers to an annual meeting Tuesday at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta. “But we are not done yet. Jesus has not returned. The rapture has not taken place. So we must continue to move forward and advance the gospel of Jesus Christ.”

This photo essay captures scenes from the second day of the Georgia Baptist Convention’s three-day bicentennial celebration at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta. More than 1,200 messengers have preregistered to attend the gathering that runs through Tuesday. At the Monday sessions, among other events, participants gathered for a Hispanic preaching conference, an Executive Committee meeting, and the first session of the GBC's annual meeting.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Georgia Baptist pastors were challenged in a series of sermons on Monday to fulfill the Great Commission, preach the truth, take risks, and submit to the lordship of Christ no matter what. Abilene Baptist Church Pastor Brad Whitt called on church leaders at the Georgia Baptist Preaching Conference to remember the excitement they felt as new believers about the Great Commission.

This photo essay captures scenes from the first day of the Georgia Baptist Convention’s three-day bicentennial celebration at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta. More than 1,200 messengers have preregistered to attend the gathering that runs through Tuesday. At the kickoff on Sunday, Georgia Baptists hosted a commissioning service for new International Mission Board missionaries being deployed around the world.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Nearly 1,000 people gathered at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta on Sunday for a send-off for 26 new international missionaries, many of whom are going into countries that are hostile to the gospel. The large turnout isn’t surprising in a state that has long been an ardent supporter of the International Mission Board.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The first of what’s expected to be a crowd of more than 1,200 messengers began arriving in Augusta on Sunday to attend events leading up to the Georgia Baptist Convention’s annual meeting. The early arrivals have come not just from Georgia but also several other states to attend a send-off for the newest crop of International Mission Board missionaries preparing for deployment to countries around the world.

This week’s Bible study is adapted from the Bible Studies for Life curriculum by Lifeway Christian Resources and focuses on James 1:19-27.

ATLANTA – On Sunday, Nov. 6, with the church barely five years old, Christ Covenant celebrated the grand opening of its new facility with an attendance of 1,750 individuals. It was a monumental day in the life of one of the nation’s fastest-growing congregations.