CAVE SPRING, Ga. (BP) – A youth ministry volunteer in a rural northwest Georgia church allegedly molested and coached a child in how to act in videos, according to police following a two-day sweep that resulted in seven arrests.

MOUNT VERNON - On February 18th, Brewton-Parker College hosted the Jubalheirs Concert Choir in Saliba Chapel. The Jubalheirs, is a female chorus for ministers of music, organists, pianists, and others who are involved in the music programs of Baptist churches. Featured also in the concert were the Jubalheirs Handbells, Jubalheirs Vocal Ensemble, and Jubalheirs Instrumental Ensemble.

NASHVILLE (BP) – The team tasked with searching for a new president & CEO of the SBC Executive Committee is asking for prayer. The group also has launched a 21-day prayer initiative and created a day-by-day guide to encourage specific prayers for each day the rest of the month.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP) – John Yeats’ 25th term as recording secretary for the Southern Baptist Convention will be his last, he told Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board members at the group’s meeting March 7.

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CARTERSVILLE – Lottie Moon, a household name among Southern Baptists because of her selfless and sacrificial missionary service among the people of China, has a beautiful new chapel named for her and dedicated in her memory at First Baptist Church in Cartersville.

Ephesians 4:11 doesn’t really seem like a stirring or moving verse: “It was He (God) Who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers …”  Yet, this morning, I was convicted and it left me with tears in my eyes.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When it comes to making financial decisions, although some Christian young adults are influenced by their faith, many don’t manage their money in distinctly Christian ways.

FUNSTON, GA – Do you want to transform your church business meeting into something refreshing and with deep spiritual meaning? Funston Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Ron Shiver has seen a beautiful metamorphosis take place with church business meetings often characterized by tension and division transformed into spiritual gatherings designed to enhance the health of the church.

CHELM, Poland (BP) – Bus after bus arrived at the border, filled with women and children, separated from husbands and fathers. Most men stayed behind, now needed in cities and towns throughout the Ukrainian countryside. The grief of those who fled was palpable.

EASTANOLLEE, Ga. – An outbreak of spontaneous revivals across Georgia is continuing with 17 salvation decisions last week at two Christian learning centers in the northeastern corner of the state.

Southern Baptists are front and center in caring for Ukrainian refugees. “It’s been amazing to see how God has used IMB workers with significant language skills and cultural understanding to minister to these refugees right now,” said Russell Archer, an International Mission Board leader serving in Europe.

BLOOMINGDALE, Ga. – A beautiful and athletic DeLynn Blake was playing wall tennis when she caught the eye of a handsome young man named Steven.

DULUTH, Ga. – A Facebook group started last year by Georgia Baptist Mission Board discipleship catalyst Scott Sullivan has reached 3,000 members.

CUMMING, Ga. – The war in Ukraine is of deep concern to the people at First Redeemer Church in Cumming. They’re following developments moment by moment because their extended Christian family is right in the middle of the hostilities.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Following a strong first quarter and a near record-setting January, giving through the national Cooperative Program Allocation Budget in February showed no signs of slowing as giving totals moved to more than 13 percent above budget for the fiscal year.

Dr. Leonard Larkin Dupree, 80, passed away on February 28, 2022, after an extended illness. He and his wife of 60 years, Jacquelyn Jennings Dupree, reside in Thomson Ga.

CLAXTON, Ga. – People who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to purchase medical insurance will be able to get the healthcare they need through a ministry launched this week by the Tattnall Evans Baptist Association.

When Russia began taunting Ukraine a few weeks ago, I was concerned.  As days went on and artillery was being assembled against the people of Ukraine, I prayed like the Sons of Zebedee.  I wanted God to bring fire down from heaven to stop the attack.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP)—Willy Rice, pastor of Calvary Church in Clearwater, Fla., will be nominated by Clint Pressley, pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist, for the president of the Southern Baptist Convention this summer at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif.

International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood has been in Eastern Europe this week, visiting with refugees and hearing stories of the devastation wrought by Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Send Relief, Southern Baptists’ compassion ministry arm, is at work providing emergency food supplies, shelter and clothing to displaced families.

SYLVANIA, GA – Charlie Cooper has announced his retirement as pastor of First Baptist Church in Sylvania and the church acknowledged his decision with a gracious “retirement reception” on Sunday, but don’t you believe that he is retiring from the ministry.

SARALAND, Ala. (BP)—Citing a growing desire to develop a strategy to “bridge our divides and bring about a Gospel-driven unity and reconciliation” and the need to lead as a “pastor rather than from the office of president,” SBC president Ed Litton announced Tuesday that he would not seek a second term as SBC president at the upcoming SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif.

WEST POINT, N.Y. – A pair of cadets at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., celebrated a day they are not likely to forget any time soon. Brooke Parker and Zhaoxin "Jenny" Ma were baptized by Baptist Campus Ministry Director Joshua Austin in an icy Hudson River.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Compared to the beginning of 2021, more U.S. Protestant churches are gathering in person and more churchgoers are filling the pews. The return to pre-pandemic attendance levels has stalled, however, in recent months.