The vast majority of evangelicals are satisfied with many characteristics of their membership church, including preaching, music, diversity, gender leadership roles and other areas, leading ministry researchers report.
FAYETTEVILE, Ga. — Georgia Baptist missionary Jason Cobb is awed by the Lord’s power to change lives, even among the most hardened criminals he ministers to in the prisons of Argentina.
WILSON, Wyo. – Volunteers from Christ Place Church in Hall County have developed a long-term ministry at Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Bible College.
VALDOSTA, Ga. – The number of Baptist ministers may be on the rise in Georgia in the wake of an evangelism conference for teens held last week at the Wild Adventure Theme Park in Valdosta.
I could see part of her message before I even opened it. In bold letters it began, “I am so sorry…” The text was from a neighbor we love. What in the world would she have to be sorry about?
MONROE, Ga. – In a brainstorming session, leaders of two Georgia religious organizations asked what they could do to truly help tornado victims who lost their homes in Kentucky last month.
ROOPVILLE, Ga. – A former state lawmaker will serve as chairman of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s Public Affairs Committee, a key panel that helps set legislative priorities for the state’s largest religious organization with nearly 1.4 million members.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (BP) – Members of Pinecrest Baptist Church continue to trust God during their church’s revitalization, despite enduring the tragic loss of their senior pastor Reggie Hester a little more than a year ago.
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) – When COVID-19 gathering restrictions hampered Sunday worship, Long Hollow Baptist Church Pastor Robby Gallaty already had an answer: offsite small discipleship groups immersed in Bible reading.
BOERNE, Texas (BP) – Looking to the Old Testament example of giving God the best of flocks and herds, Currey Creek Church sent 200 of its best members to plant The Bridge Fellowship
LOUISVILLE, Colo. (BP) – Linda Hinkle didn’t get her “one more time” into the house.
BOWMAN, Ga. – Churches in north Georgia knew exactly what children in Kentucky communities leveled by tornadoes needed to lift their spirits.
SALAMANCA, Spain (AP) — When Kent Albright, a Baptist pastor from the United States, arrived as a missionary to Spain in 1996, he was unprepared for the insults and threats, or the fines from the police for handing out Protestant leaflets on the streets of Salamanca.
Jay Weaver, bass player and vocalist for Christian band Big Daddy Weave, died Sunday from complications of COVID-19.
Women’s ministry speaker and writer Lysa TerKeurst will divorce her husband of 29 years, she announced over the weekend.
This year, the Baptist Theological Institute (ITB), in Bucharest, Romania, celebrated 100 years of existence and partnership with Southern Baptists.
NASHVILLE (BP) – When it announced last month it was shutting down, Brentwood Benson became the latest in a line of major church music publishers closing their doors.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) – Thousands of young adults ages 18-25 heard about the importance of missions and the local church this week during the 2021 CROSS Conference.
LAFAYETTE, Colo. (BP) – Colorado Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are continuing feeding efforts for those displaced by a fast-moving fire last week, a spokesman told Baptist Press.
NEWNAN, Ga. – Nine months ago, Unity Baptist Church’s campus was in shambles with three buildings heavily damaged and two others destroyed by a massive EF-4 tornado packing winds in excess of 175 mph.
ATLANTA (AP) — Another one of Georgia's largest school districts has decided to start 2022 classes virtually because of high numbers of COVID-19 cases.
News from some of the places where our Southern Baptist missionaries are serving has been alarming lately.
NASHVILLE – Americans making New Year’s resolutions are focusing on their health, finances and relationships, a new survey by Lifeway Research shows.
ATLANTA (BP) – The efforts of two groups of Georgia Baptists have sent school supplies, toys, Bibles, food and other materials to needy children both locally as well as into other states.
Pastor Bruce A. Conner, age 51, of Reidsville, died Tuesday, December 28, 2021, at Memorial Health in Savannah after a sudden illness.