DULUTH, Ga. — Helping those who help others is the mission of the Georgia Baptist Health Care Ministry Foundation. In 2025, the Foundation awarded $8,977,399.43 to support the work of 87 health care ministries across the state. That's an increase of more than 6.5% from last year's total.

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — More than 600 Georgia Baptists converged on Central Baptist Church in Warner Robins on Sunday and Monday to be encouraged to reach the lost in their state with the good news of Jesus Christ.

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — “Now is the time,” when it comes to sharing the gospel of Christ, Shane Pruitt told Georgia Baptists Monday, Feb. 24, on the second day of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s Evangelism Conference. Pruitt, national Next Gen director for the North American Mission Board, stressed that believers should have a sense of urgency to tell the lost about Jesus.

NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has released a guide designed to help pastors and church leaders navigate difficult ministry scenarios regarding the growing problem of gambling.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) – SBC President Clint Pressley has announced his appointments to the 2025 Committee on Committees. Michael Wood, lead pastor of First Baptist Church West Monroe, Louisiana, has been selected to lead the committee.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Eight years ago, upon graduating from Shelby Valley High School, life looked good for Jordan Hampton. He was an outstanding athlete and student in small-town Kentucky with an outlook so bright that sunglasses should be required.

Social media and its effect on our society is immeasurable. A measure of good can be found online, but it seems to get lost in the shuffle of the meaningless, lewd, or ridiculous. The hope of instant stardom is the bait many cannot avoid. “Influencers,” as they are called, seek attention and a following. The goal is to be seen, believed, and liked.

As a pastor I have seen some people at their worst because of perceived neglect in a will after the death of a family member. As Christians, however, we have an inheritance from a Lord who died. Our heavenly inheritance can never be taken away from us.

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Georgia Baptists attending the first day of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s Evangelism Conference heard from Christian Norman, associate pastor at First Baptist Church of Woodstock, and Wayne Bray, lead pastor of First Baptist Simpsonville, S.C., on Sunday, Feb. 23. More than 600 people came to Central Baptist Church in Warner Robins to be encouraged and educated in ways to share the gospel.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) - Into The Light Ministries, co-founded by John-Michael Bout and Jacob Valk, is dedicated to equipping the church to fight the pervasive issue of pornography through gospel-centered resources.

When Shawn Brewer came in view of a call to pastor First Baptist Church in Paradise, about 40 miles northwest of Fort Worth, he preached to about 60 people that Sunday morning.

NASHVILLE (BP) — A rewritten Business and Financial Plan to be presented at the June Annual Meeting is designed to strengthen transparency and oversight for trustees who are approved to those positions by messengers, says Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg. 

DURHAM, N.C. — The Summit Church has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a North Carolina county of denying a zoning request to build a church facility because of religious discrimination.

KRIVYI RIH, Ukraine — Krivyi Rih’s skyline has barely changed in 30 years, with only three new buildings constructed in recent decades. Andriy can describe the architecture of his city in three words: depressing, Soviet, and large.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — This fall, Send Network One Day events are coming to cities across North America to catalyze a movement around the Great Commission. These events are for anyone who has a heart for seeing God’s kingdom expand—Jesus followers, volunteers, church planters and teams, and pastors.

MOUNT VERNON, Ga. — In a significant milestone for the institution, Brewton-Parker College is set to elevate its status with the upcoming transition to Brewton-Parker Christian University, effective July 1, 2025.

WOODSTOCK, GA. — Daniel Henderson has a vision of seeing churches transformed and renewed, and it starts with helping individuals change the way they pray. “If you change the way you pray, you change the way you live,” said Henderson, president and founder of Strategic Renewal.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. — “We’re an inquisitive people who almost always want to know more, especially if it seems like we’re missing something,” opened Chuck Lawless at the first chapel of Global Missions Week, an annual celebration of the Great Commission at Southeastern Seminary.

The long-running ‘Bible Talk’ podcast, produced by 9Marks, is now an official partner with Southern Seminary. The new collaboration will bring video episodes, in addition to audio, to better serve the church

ONTARIO, Calif. — Gateway Seminary is launching a new master’s degree program built for California Baptist University’s School of Christian Ministries’ graduates.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — “If you met Jesus today, what would you say to Him?” This is the question 12-year-old Knox Chambers uses to open gospel conversations with classmates.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (KT) — Amid the pain of having house and church damaged by severe flooding in eastern Kentucky, Wesley Russell’s faith in the providence of God has never wavered. Russell, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church, saw first-hand the rapid rise in water that has disrupted the lives of a multitude of people in his community.

DALLAS — Texas Baptists’ Executive Board adopted a new agreement with the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board regarding church-starting in Texas and approved the initial reserve investment, officers, and board for the Texas Baptist Insurance Program.

The word storm is used 42 times in the NIV Bible, 19 in the New King James, 17 in the King James. No matter how many times the word is written, we know storms are a part of our everyday lives.

LANHAM, Md. — Despite an expected snowstorm, more than 100 attended the third annual George Liele Missionary Breakfast at Sharon Bible Fellowship Church on Feb. 8. The breakfast, sponsored by the African American Fellowship (AAF) of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware (BCM/D), is designed to introduce people to George Liele, a freed slave in the 1700s who became the first ordained African American Baptist pastor.