CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — Pastor Joe Salvatore and the members of Cassville Baptist Church have taken an intentional and deliberate step to make disciples who will in turn make disciples. There is nothing new about this objective, but that may be the best part about this rebranding strategy. It is a thoroughly and positively New Testament approach to doing church.

EUBANKS, Ky. (KT) – In late February, a combined men’s study group from Pilot Baptist and Liberty Baptist decided they needed to go to eastern Kentucky and serve. They had no idea what God had in store for them.

The bathroom smells like shrimp, the office is packed with preschoolers, and up on stage, all the Neverland props from the previous night’s very-off-Broadway performance of Peter Pan have been shoved to one side. But it’s not the environmental idiosyncrasies of the Sneads Ferry Community Center that make Pillar Church of Topsail a truly unique Sunday morning experience. It’s the people.

MOUNT VERNON, Ga. — Brewton-Parker College announces two new master's degree programs for Temple Baptist Theological Seminary, a Master of Arts in Biblical Proclamation and a Master of Arts in Worship Ministry. These new degree programs will provide quality training and preparation for ministry, focusing on biblical preaching, teaching, and worship ministry.

Conditions continue to worsen dramatically in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 25.5 million people face the danger of hunger, a Baptist leader there said.

LITHIA SPRINGS, Ga. — A little blue sign on the corner of Lucille Ave and Veterans Memorial Parkway reads “Free English Classes.” The sign, in front of First Baptist Church Lithia Springs, shows that the 77-year-old church is serious about reaching its community for Jesus Christ.

The word “gospel” means “good news.” And it is indeed good news! In fact, it is the greatest news the world has ever heard. It is the best of all possible news. It excels every message ever heard or delivered to anyone.

JACKSON, MISS. — Throughout early February’s roller-coaster temperatures, the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board Evangelism tent invited Dixie National Rodeo attendees and vendors to stand in the shade and hear a three-minute Gospel presentation. A total of 79 volunteers from 20 Mississippi Baptist churches traveled to the fairgrounds in Jackson, uplifting hearts, planting spiritual seeds, and witnessing 22 decisions for Christ.

MEADVILLE, Miss. (BP) – It’s not uncommon for Rick Strawbridge to get alerts for bad weather. Typically, he and his wife, Dianne, stay home and pray through it. On Dec. 28, though, he felt they should leave their home and seek shelter at their church, O’Zion Baptist, about a quarter-mile away.

The SCBaptist Creative Team is making a short film series about a South Carolina Baptist missionary using AI-assisted animation. The woman is a missionary on a journey to share the gospel with lost people. She was sent out as a missionary explorer to research and engage unreached people groups.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — More than 300 gathered at the North American Mission Board for a conference for Associational Missions Strategists on replanting and renewing struggling churches, and NAMB’s Replant team announced a new resource designed to equip a local AMS in replanting.

Authorities in Angola have formally charged the wife of 44-year-old missionary Beau Shroyer, who was fatally stabbed Oct. 25, 2024, in Lubango, near where the couple and their five children lived.

Springfield, Ill. — During the meetings on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 24-25, of IBSA Board Committees, executive director Nate Adams shared with Board leadership his desire to begin working with the full Board on a timeline for retirement as executive director. Adams has served IBSA since March 2006.

COLUMBUS, Ga. — As a teenager, Bill Purvis survived a near-death experience, repented of his sins, cried out to God for redemption, and was wonderfully saved by the atoning blood of Christ. Less than a decade later, Purvis, joined by his wife Debbie, accepted the call to become the pastor of Cascade Hills Baptist Church in Columbus.

​AUGUSTA, Ga. — Springfield Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia, established ca. 1787, is arguably one of the oldest, if not the oldest, Black congregations in America. Like a rock, it has weathered 240 years of challenges, including slavery, emancipation, yellow fever epidemics, the Jim Crow Era, race riots, floods, fires, and obstacles of urban renewal.

CEDAR HILL, Tenn. — Jackie Edwards and her husband Sterling have been friends and fellow church members with Billy and Dianne Seeley for years. Jackie has seen their heart for service and their love for the people at Cedar Hill Baptist Church. When she found out last year that Billy was experiencing kidney failure, she knew that he was going to be OK.

A few nights ago, our dog Dixie got the zoomies. She raced around in circles as far as the leash would allow. I wasn’t worried. Standing on the porch, I had a two-hand hold on it. Wasn’t gonna let her get away again. (Last time had me running down the road in my housecoat.)

DALLAS (BP) — Southern Baptists wanting to provide input for future annual meetings are able to do so through a newly formed survey.

DOUGLAS, Ga. (BP) – Kevin Bounds is familiar with the concept that every little bit counts. About five years ago he stepped on a scale and a number appeared he wasn’t happy about. Then 38 years old, Bounds was a jogger but his knees and hips weren’t agreeing with that form of exercise, so he took up cycling.

My husband is quite the character. He is always making up games, tricks, jokes, and anything else just to make the grandkids laugh. He has convinced them he has things that are “famous.”

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — Send Georgia, a partnership between the Georgia Baptist Mission Board and the North American Mission Board to plant more churches in the state, hosted pastors interested in the prospect of church-planting at a one-day Sending Lab event in Douglasville. Seventeen participants representing 14 churches attended the event, held Feb. 11 at First Baptist Douglasville.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (KT) – It is an old expression, “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” Well, if that’s the case, then Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are offering lots of godliness with their laundry and shower units.

CLEVELAND, Ga. — Friends and Family Weekend was a resounding success, with multiple sold-out events and the largest Preview Day in Truett McConnell University history.

GRESHAM, Ore. – Northwest Baptist Convention messengers convened Monday (Feb. 24) for a special called meeting to elect Lance Caddel, the NWBC’s director of evangelism and church health …

Churches across the world, including dozens in Georgia, hosted Night to Shine events earlier this month. Night to Shine, sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation, gives churches a chance to welcome guests with special needs to an event designed to show them that they are loved and valued.