DULUTH, Ga. –  The incoming director of Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief describes the volunteers who serve in storm zones across the U.S. and beyond as modern-day heroes.

MACON, Ga. – Georgia Baptist pastors were challenged in a series of sermons on Sunday and Monday to ramp up their efforts to share the gospel, preaching more evangelistically than ever in the perilous times the world is facing today.

LVIV, Ukraine (SWBTS) — “We need a miracle from God,” Yaroslav Pyzh, president of the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, said from his western Ukraine home in a Zoom interview with Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s news staff on the evening of Feb. 26. As he prays for the miracle, Pyzh is marshaling the people and resources of his school to help refugees of the war.

ATLANTA – Pro-gambling lawmakers continue to push for a constitutional amendment in Georgia that would lift a longstanding ban on horse racing, potentially opening the door to the kind of gargantuan gambling terminals that are popping up in Kentucky and other states that allow pari-mutuel wagering.

MACON, Ga. – More than 1,000 people have registered for this year’s multi-site Georgia Baptist Evangelism Conference, which kicks off Sunday in Macon.

ATHENS, Ga. – A fledgling initiative that pairs young church leaders with seasoned veterans is proving successful a month into its launch. The Young Leaders initiative already has enlisted 220 people.

The letters "wh ch” were written in ink on the palm of my hand.  It was something important I needed to remember … today.  I just couldn’t figure out what it was.

COVINGTON, Ga. – Members of a Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief team have returned from Colorado where they helped wildfire survivors sift through ashes where homes once stood.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptists with only an Orlando Disney history will have the opportunity to experience a whole new world through discounted tickets to Disneyland while attending the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim this June.

ROME, Ga. – In what Shorter University President Donald Dowless described as “a mighty movement of God,” 24 students made decisions to follow Christ in a chapel service at the school on Wednesday.

A Georgia pastor is among those appointed by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee to a seven-member presidential search committee to recommend a replacement for Ronnie Floyd who resigned last October.

NASHVILLE (BP) – A question about the scope of the investigation into allegations of mishandling sexual abuse claims by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee led to a pledge by the EC to see the upcoming “final” report as only the start to dealing with its impact.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Willie McLaurin called the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee to servanthood and allegiance to the lordship of Jesus Christ in his first address as interim president and CEO at the body’s Feb. 21-22 meeting in Nashville.

NASHVILLE (BP) – During his address to members of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee this week, SBC President Ed Litton said in order to fulfill the “sacred effort,” of the Convention, Southern Baptists must first address the “stains” that have been left on the Convention.

NASHVILLE (BP) – The SBC Executive Committee took action Tuesday to acknowledge harm caused to a sexual abuse survivor.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. – A pioneering church planter who grew one of Georgia’s premier congregations from humble beginnings in a one-room plankboard building says the key was simply trusting the Lord.

GRIFFIN, Ga. – Frank Nuckolls served as a state missionary with the Georgia Baptist Mission Board from 1992 to 2019. At the conclusion of his ministry with the GBMB, God opened the door in July 2019 for him to become the Associational Mission Strategist for the Flint River Baptist Association. Nuckolls reported, “I am blessed to serve this association. It was founded in 1824 and will commemorate its bicentennial anniversary in two years. I am trusting the Lord to give me the privilege of being the AMS here when that milestone is celebrated.”

MACON, Ga. – Church leaders from across the state have been tapped to serve on a task force that will review the distribution of Georgia’s Cooperative Program funding.

DULUTH, Ga. – Daphne Harris Nicely understands the importance of providing the best possible medical care for expectant mothers and their unborn babies. As executive director of the Atlanta …

NASHVILLE (BP) – A search team is expected to be appointed on Tuesday to find the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee.“This is a key meeting …

MARIETTA – According to Arthurian legend a “knight in shining armor” is a heroic rescuer. In medieval literature knights are depicted as individuals of courage, valor, heroic …

Our SportsReach team just returned from a trip to Florida.  It’s quite a big deal.  They travelled 17 hours to play softball with inmates at five prisons, sharing the gospel after every game.  They are only at each prison for a few hours.  Last week, they had more than 50 professions of faith! 

STRASBOURG, France – If there’s an upside to being a missionary in France, it’s that it’s easy to find unchurched people to share the gospel with. They’re everywhere.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — New Send Network church planting missionaries can take advantage of increased support through the North American Mission Board (NAMB), anchored by a slate of customized benefits from GuideStone Financial Resources.

The National Woman’s Missionary Union has named four young women, including one from Fayetteville, Ga., to the 2022 National Acteens Panel.