SARALAND, Ala. (BP) – Farmersville, Texas, pastor Bart Barber will serve as chair for the 2022 Committee on Resolutions at the annual meeting in Anaheim, Southern Baptist Convention president Ed Litton announced this week.

GUAYAMA, Puerto Rico (BP) — Longtime church planter Luis Soto, pastor of Iglesia Bautista Sin Paredes in Guayama, Puerto Rico, is the new executive director of the Convention of Southern Baptist Churches of Puerto Rico.

DULUTH, Ga. – One of the largest crowds in recent history has registered for this year’s multi-site Georgia Baptist Evangelism Conference set for late February and early March.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Most Protestant pastors say every church should strive to achieve racial diversity, but few are achieving it.

SMITHVILLE, Ga. – Pastor Lance David Fendley is being remembered as “a faithful friend” and “a great man.” Fendley, pastor of Smithville Baptist Church, died Saturday at age 55.

LOUISVILLE, Colo. – A team of Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers has been deployed to Colorado to help residents there sift through ashes in search of wedding bands, engagement rings and other valuables that might have survived wildfires that swept through Boulder County on Dec. 30, destroying nearly 1,100 homes.

THOMASVILLE – On October 17, 1989 the San Francisco Giants were hosting the Oakland Athletics for the third game of the World Series at Candlestick Park. Game was less than an hour away from …

ODESSA, Ukraine (BP) – While the people of Ukraine watch and wait for a potential Russian invasion, an evangelical Christian radio station called “New Life Radio” is continuing its ministry during the crisis.

VILLA RICA, Ga. – Georgia Baptist Convention President Kevin Williams will lead a group of pastors and other church leaders to Guatemala on Monday for a five-day trip that he hopes will result in new churches springing up in the Central American country.

FAYETTEVILLE – On January 31, Liberty Baptist Church welcomed their new pastor, James Oney. On Sunday, February 6, Oney was installed as the church’s pastor in an impressive ceremony. Ray Gentry, the Associational Mission Strategist for the Southside Baptist Network, presented a certificate of appreciation to Randy Wood, the man who served as senior pastor at Liberty for 18 years.

ACWORTH, Ga. – Responses vary when people hear that Summit Baptist Church Associate Pastor Jimmy Slick donated one of his kidneys to a church member.

Peyton gave her heart to Jesus last Wednesday night.  She’s eight.  (She had been asking her parents questions about Him and wanted to be saved.) 

One week into his new role as interim president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, Willie McLaurin told Baptist editors, “In this season, the Lord is allowing us to hit the reset button. He’s allowing us to really just say, ‘What is it that we’re really trying to do?’”

Jesus said, “The harvest is truly great, but the labors are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send fourth labors into the field.” (Luke 10:2)In the early …

NASHVILLE (BP) – In its most recent update, the Sex Abuse Task Force reported that Guidepost Solutions has interviewed approximately 32 current and former SBC Executive Committee staff, 54 current or former EC trustees and abuse survivors “who have affirmatively reached out to the Guidepost investigative team.”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When thinking about ministry difficulties, pastors say they’re most concerned with growing the people inside the church and reaching those outside it.

DULUTH, Ga. (BP) – Established with a focus on supporting missionaries as well as presenting readers "a compendious summary of the passing tidings of the times,” Georgia’s The Christian Index launched a movement 200 years ago that predated all other Southern Baptist state papers and Baptist Press as a denominational news source.

DULUTH, Ga. – Studies show daily Bible reading not only nourishes the soul but also builds character.  And that’s why Scott Sullivan, discipleship catalyst on the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s Church Strengthening team, is calling for people to get back to reading scripture every day.

Marty Guy has been named the new church planting catalyst for the West Metro Baptist Association.Guy, together with his family, previously served as an IMB missionary to East Asia, primarily focused …

COLQUITT, Ga. – Jane Merritt, a visionary Southern Baptist who was involved in the creation of Camp Pinnacle in the Georgia mountains, died Thursday at VITAS Suites, a hospice facility in Panama City, Fla. She was 98.

RICHMOND, Va. (BP) – International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 52 new full-time, fully funded missionaries, while also honoring the service of 80 emeritus missionaries during their Feb. 2-3 meeting.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – Despite pandemic-related challenges in 2021, Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) ministries grew, and the Southern Baptist Convention auxiliary entered 2022 on strong footing, leaders heard at a meeting last month.

Regardless of the situation in the United States, Christianity is growing around the world, especially in the global South, according to recently released analysis.

CHATTANOOGA – Conclave 2022 - a worship and training event for student ministry workers was held January 20-22 at the Convention Center in Chattanooga, TN. Conclave is a student ministry conference designed to equip, encourage, rejuvenate, and empower next generation ministers to more effectively reach and disciple teenagers with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

NASHVILLE (BP) – The start of 2022 indicates a continuation of recent giving trends in the SBC as giving through the national Cooperative Program Allocation Budget has soared to more than 12 percent above budget for the fiscal year. January’s $21.1 million total is only the second time a monthly total has surpassed $21 million in the last decade (February 2019).