DALLAS (BP) – Resolutions to be presented to messengers to the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting include calls to ban sports betting and pornography and strong statements on the natural family and religious liberty. The SBC Committee on Resolutions released its proposed resolutions on May 30.

NASHVILLE (BP) – A major renovation project is forcing the SBC Annual Meeting to move from Salt Lake City in 2027, according to the SBC Executive Committee. Messengers to the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting will be asked to allow the meeting to move to Indianapolis, the 2024 host city.

The rural South was struggling in 1925. The boll weevil had invaded cotton fields, wreaking economic havoc and misery across the region. During those difficult days, one of the people’s most cherished sources of hope, their faith, came under attack by another institution they had come to trust – science. The Baptist Faith and Message was a response to those attacks and a defiant defense of their faith.

LONDON, Ky. (KT) — As London settles into a post-storm reality, Laurel County Life Center is ministering to those whose lives were upended by the EF-4 tornado that ripped through the southeastern Kentucky community on May 16.

CRAWFORD, Ga. — Tucked between Big Clouds Creek and Little Clouds Creek and surrounded by trees and grassy fields, is Cloud’s Creek Baptist Church. This remote church, established in 1788 following the Revolutionary War, is seeing revitalization and a changing attitude towards community and outreach. 

NEW ORLEANS — The 100th anniversary of the Cooperative Program was celebrated during New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary chapel services throughout the spring 2025 semester.

IRVINE, Ky. (KT) – For Calvary Baptist Church in Irvine, ministry doesn’t stop at the sanctuary doors. In fact, some of its most meaningful moments happen in the church parking lot. This past Memorial Day weekend, the church, located across the street from a cemetery, held its annual "Hotdogs, Handshakes & Hugs." More than 300 people came onto the church parking lot for a good helping of food and the gospel, said Pastor Tim Roberts.

A few weeks ago, after two good days in Bowling Green with some lovely ministers’ wives, it was time to head home. Storm warnings had me leaving earlier than expected. Those Bowling Green-ers watch the weather like crazy. And for good reason.

CLEVELAND, Ga. — TMU Press, the publishing arm of Truett McConnell University, proudly announces the release of its latest publication, Counting the Cost: Raising & Coaching Elite Athletes—an industry-leading resource offering faith-based, practical strategies for guiding young athletes to success both on and off the field.

The past two weeks have been quite interesting for the Johnson family. Our daughter had a scheduled back surgery on May 20th. We knew it was going to be a difficult surgery due to the recovery process and the stipulations required during the recovery.

The summer of 1914 was a low point for the Georgia Baptist State Mission Board. The Mission Board was broke, out of money, and deeply in debt. Banks had given them a poor credit rating, refusing to provide a short-term operational loan. State Missionaries and support staff paychecks were being delayed, and missionaries were being laid off.

A double tragedy began Maggie LaBrecque’s prayers for two Central Asian women who are from a people group near and dear to her heart. Her prayers continued until there was good news to share. 

NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention and other defendants lost an appeal in a Tennessee district court but have appealed to the Tennessee Supreme Court. The case, Preston Garner et. al. v. Southern Baptist Convention et. al., regards an inquiry made by the SBC Credentials Committee in the course of following up on a confidential report made to the SBC’s abuse hotline.

CAIRO, Ga. — Anne Parks, 92, one of Georgia Baptists' most gracious and godly women, has gone to glory. Her son, Keith Parks, recently retired pastor of First Baptist Church in Americus, declared, “Our mother had a sweet passing into eternity. My brother was with her throughout the night and said that he heard her praying just about all night long. She didn’t sleep, but was constantly speaking, mostly talking to the Lord.”

There’s a little prayer I’ve found myself whispering more and more lately—sometimes before my feet even hit the floor in the morning. It goes like this: “Lord, get into my head before I do.”

STATESBORO, Ga. — Mission Georgia exists to mobilize Georgia Baptist churches to penetrate their communities and make a gospel impact for the cause of Christ. Read Georgia, one of the ministries of Mission Georgia, is designed to see children and their families introduced to the love of Jesus and brought to a saving knowledge of our Redeemer.

DALLAS (BP) – Counseling for ministers’ wives will be offered for the first time this year at the SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas to address trials often experienced in isolation given the unique roles of such women.

ROME, Ga. — Shorter University named its winners of this year’s annual William and Mary Ann Knight Scholarship Competition as junior Cole Rener (piano) and sophomore Evan Wyatt (vocal).

Our worship of God should be expressive and encompass every area of our lives, including our thanksgiving, our repentance, our teachings, our community, and our personal wisdom.

For over 40 years, I have been a fan of the Atlanta Braves. If you have been a fan of the Braves since the 1980s, you know there were several years when they were not that great. Some seasons, they were horrible. But if you stuck it out, the wins would come later on.

RICHMOND, Va. — International Mission Board trustees approved 65 fully funded missionaries for appointment during their May 21-22 meeting near Richmond, Virginia. The missionaries approved for appointment will be recognized during a Sending Celebration on Tuesday, June 10 in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BP) – President Donald Trump has named Jack Graham, senior pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, as a member of the advisory board to the newly formed Religious Liberty Commission, the White House said in a statement on May 16.

MOBILE, Ala. (BP) – First in Fallujah, Iraq, then in Djibouti, Africa, and finally Mobile, Alabama, the Memorial Day Flag Relay has been bringing encouragement and healing to active-duty servicemen, veterans, and their families for 20 years.

Sanford Miller Brown Jr. was a Baptist preacher’s son from Kansas City and a recent graduate of Missouri State University. He was beginning a career in business. Undoubtedly, like other PKs of their day, as a boy he and his brother walked to church each week wearing their best knickers.

Many Christians today are engaging in the age-old debate about the role of Christians in the public square. For Baptists, our position on the intersection of the church and the state is clearly addressed in the Baptist Faith and Message.