WASHINGTON (BP) – As America observed National Day of Prayer on May 5, Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Chairman Rolland Slade exalted church and community leaders in San Diego at one of tens of thousands of local prayer events across the U.S.

On the Romania-Ukraine border, volunteers greet refugees with help and hope. Romanian Christians and Send Relief teams provide Ukrainian refugees with medical help, and share the Gospel.

ORANGE PARK, Fla. (BP) – Dave Paxton, a student ministry veteran who served in several Southern Baptist churches, died May 3 after his motorcycle collided with a logging truck in Warren County, Miss., southeast of Vicksburg.

ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP) – Ray Swift spends a lot of time maintaining contact with churches across Louisiana. One thing apparent to him has become apparent to many – there are a lot of …

NASHVILLE (BP) – A leaked copy of a Supreme Court opinion that would essentially overturn 1973’s Roe V. Wade decision has prompted Southern Baptists to reflect on their pro-life history.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Southern Baptists will have a variety of candidates to choose from when electing officers during the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting June 14-15.

The abortion debate is not really a debate of health care, it’s a debate about the natural conception of human life and whether we are committed as a society to protecting that life or destroying it.

Southern Baptists added 1,018 new congregations – 735 church plants, 201 affiliations and 82 new campuses - in 2021. This represents a 25 percent increase in church plants and a 19 percent increase in congregations overall.

Millions of Americans gather in a variety of venues from sea to shining sea on the National Day of Prayer to express their gratitude to God for His abundant grace upon our cherished land, confess our sins of commission and omission, and “praise the Power that has made and preserved us a nation.”

ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Hispanic Baptists from the U.S. and beyond are looking forward to the annual Southern Baptist Convention gathering in Anaheim, Calif., where they will gather to fellowship and celebrate all that God has done during this past year.

NASHVILLE (BP) – All three major giving streams in Southern Baptist life remain ahead of the previous year’s totals through seven months of the fiscal year.

KELLER, Texas (BP) – In what is being called an “unprecedented gathering,” the three announced candidates for Southern Baptist Convention president spent just under two hours answering questions and interacting with one another in a candidate forum Wednesday.

When my beloved became a pastor in 1998, a box labeled “TOMMY AND DAWN’S MEMORIES” was gingerly and reverently carried from the attic of our old house to the church the parsonage.  It was stored in the garage there for over five years.  That treasure box was carted to our next home in 2003.  It was placed in a storage shed. 

The plaque read, “Motherhood is a choice you make every day to put someone else’s happiness and wellbeing ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when …

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. – Steven Greene launched his ministry at Beulah Baptist Church in Douglasville with a flurry of excitement and enthusiasm. He began his pastorate on Easter Sunday morning with a powerful message on Luke 24: 36-49 where the third Gospel tells about the resurrected Christ making an appearance to His disciples. Both Greene and his message were heartily received by a large congregation of members and guests.

DALLAS (BP) – Whether it’s from a video posted on social media or a microphone at the SBC Annual Meeting, you don’t have to listen to Bart Barber long before you know he cares about Southern Baptist polity. Barber, senior pastor of FBC Farmersville, Texas, is scheduled to be nominated for SBC president by Matt Henslee at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) – Though he’s a busy senior professor of missions at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Robin Hadaway will be somewhat of a hometown presidential candidate when the SBC Annual Meeting takes place in Anaheim this summer. Hadaway and his wife, Kathy, live in nearby Oceanside, Calif., where he pastored before they became International Mission Board missionaries.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (BP) – For more than 30 years Tom Ascol has been known as a leader with deep theological convictions through his work at Grace Baptist Church and Founders Ministries. While Ascol, 65, has never held an office as a trustee or board member of the Southern Baptist Convention, he has been an influencer, and his name is one of the most well-known in Southern Baptist life. “You’d have to ask the people who didn’t ask me,” Ascol joked when asked why he’s never served as an entity trustee or SBC committee member. “It’s never something I aspired to. I’ve always had plenty to do.”

WASHINGTON (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee offers a prayer guide for 2022 National Day of Prayer May 5, to help participants focus prayers on the seven pillars of influence in America. The unique needs of the government, military, media arts, business, the educational system, the church and the family, from a biblical worldview, are succinctly stated in the guide.

ROME, Ga. - Four-time World Series Champion and eight-time National League All-Star Darryl Strawberry will be the featured speaker at Shorter University’s 2022 President’s Gala.

MCDONOUGH, Ga. - While most college students around the state of Georgia are finishing final exams, turning in their last assignment and packing up for the summer, others are preparing to serve. Seventy-one students from Baptist Collegiate Ministries have chosen to serve through SendMeNow Collegiate Missions, a ministry of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board.

VIZHNITSA, Ukraine (BP) – For The Ball Brothers, a chart-topping Christian vocal group, their recent trip to Ukraine represented much more than just an opportunity to sing, but an opportunity to serve. Highlights of the trip included not only singing worship music during an Easter service, but also donating humanitarian supplies, ministering to refugee families and even an encounter with Ukrainian soldiers.

KELLER, Texas - The Georgia Baptist Mission Board's ACTS2 TV streaming service will carry the SBC candidate forum live on Wednesday. With bandwidth concerns and in an effort to make the forum as accessible as possible, Texas Pastor Keith Sanders was delighted to accept the invitation from ACTS2 to carry the live stream of Wednesday’s forum from the First Baptist Church of Keller. 

NASHVILLE -- Coaches constantly encourage their teams to focus on the fundamentals. Now, a new tool from Fellowship of Christian Athletes is helping coaches and players do the same when it comes to discipleship.

DULUTH, Ga. – A draft opinion that suggests the U.S. Supreme Court may be poised to strike down the 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion has triggered jubilation among Georgia’s evangelicals. “This news is too exciting not to celebrate,” said Suzanne Guy, president and founder of the Georgia-based group Life Initiatives and Values and a member of First Baptist Church of Woodstock. “I go between crying and thanking Jesus.”