GLEN ALLEN, Va. (BP) – Neither John nor Serena Tail grew up as believers. “We routinely just lived for ourselves,” John explained. As a young person Serena often heard that church was full of hypocrites.

MOULTRIE, Ga – Pastor Matt Greene stressed the need to pray and prepare in the months leading up to revival services at Kingwood Baptist Church. The results were remarkable.

You may not know this about me, but I have my own personal coffee barista.  Part-time, of course. When my son comes home, he brings his espresso machine complete with froth-er. 

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – The North American Mission Board announced Thursday, Jan. 27, that more than 50,000 people had, through the Who’s Your One evangelism campaign, represented their commitment to pray for and share the Gospel with at least one person by placing their “one” on the Who’s Your One map.

ATHENS, Ga. – Audrey Kittila relishes taking on new challenges. That’s what landed her on stage at the Miss University of Georgia competition. “I didn’t think I’d actually win, I had never competed before,” the 19-year-old from Milton, Ga., said. 

NASHVILLE (BP) – Willie McLaurin will be the interim president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee. The EC officers made the announcement Tuesday.

SNELLVILLE, Ga. – Church music has gone through many transitions through the years. Many have suffered through the transitions, because new music and different styles failed to suit their preference, but there is a beauty and power to Biblically based music that exalts the Lord.

MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – Students from Brewton-Parker College have joined volunteers from South Newport Baptist Church in Townsend to help build tiny homes for homeless veterans.

FRESNO, Calif. (BP) – California Southern Baptist Convention Executive Director Bill Agee will begin a transition to retirement on Feb. 1 and conclude by Dec. 31.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) – The turbulence of the past few years has left many young adults feeling lost and searching for answers to spiritual questions. That description fit Kenneth Durlin, a young man recently baptized through the Kairos ministry at Brentwood Baptist Church.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Messenger pre-registration and childcare registration opens for this year's Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting June 14-15 in Anaheim, Calif.

DULUTH, Ga. – One of the most biblical, helpful, and productive things a skilled leader and mature Christian can do is disciple or mentor young believers or growing Christians. The Apostle Paul admonished Timothy, writing, “Therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the thing that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also” (II Tim. 2:1-2).

BUFORD, Ga. – Ivy Creek Baptist Church has begun a two-phase $12.1 million building expansion to accommodate a rapidly growing congregation.

MOUNT VERNON — Brewton-Parker College has received notification that the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program had been approved by the Executive Council of The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Board of Trustees to begin in the Fall of 2022.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) – Georgia Pastor James Merritt was among 25 speakers headlining the Global Church Network's biennial Synergize 2022 conference aimed at fulfilling the Great Commission by 2030.

For several years, the YouVersion Bible app has released its most often booked-marked, highlighted, and shared verse from the previous year. In 2021, this nation’s most popular verse was “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33).

HAWKINSVILLE, Ga. – As darkness settled over the Browndale Plantation in Hawkinsville, a group of about 25 people prepared for one of the South’s oldest traditions, a coon hunt, arranged by a Georgia ministry that seeks to strengthen families by bringing them into the great outdoors.

A continued increase in recent weeks of Russian troops on its border with Ukraine has mirrored the escalation of tensions in the area. In such times when the world’s geopolitical temperature rises, military chaplains begin making mental, spiritual and strategic preparations in case of conflict.

NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. (BP) — In celebration of the 40th anniversary of its founding, the Berkland Baptist Church network of churches, including Antioch Baptist Church in Cambridge, donated $1 million to the Baptist Convention of New England. The gift is the largest ever received by the New England convention and will be used to fund church planting, church revitalization and collegiate ministry.

LVIV, Ukraine (BP) – Baptists in Western Ukraine have made plans to shelter fellow believers in the case of a Russian invasion at Ukraine’s eastern border, a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate who now leads a Baptist seminary in Ukraine told Baptist Press.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) – The city of Louisville settled a lawsuit out of court on Thursday  after Kentucky police officer Matt Schrenger sued the city and the police department for violating his constitutional and civil rights. He will receive $75,000 from the city.

DULUTH, Ga. – The "Next Gen" team at the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, aware of concerning research into the spiritual struggles that teens face, is committed to helping churches develop strong student ministries.

ATLANTA – The hope of America is in the hands of her pastors, says a former U.S. Army Ranger who rose to fame in the aftermath of the Battle of Mogadishu, an intense 18-hour firefight in Somalia that was chronicled in the book and movie Black Hawk Down.

The text from my coworker came too early to be good news.  “Did you hear about Jacob Rainey?” she wrote.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As trustees gathered via Zoom, Lifeway Christian Resources President and CEO Ben Mandrell shared significant ways in which God has continued to bless the organization and highlighted decisions guiding the future.