The Bible assumes believers will be striving to follow God, continually living in an ongoing state of evaluation, repentance, and growth. While I’m not suggesting Christian leaders need to ask all …

It’s that time of the year again for the Georgia General Assembly to convene for the 2021 legislative session. As all of you know, the last two years (and especially this past year …

“I’ve got bad new to tell you” my pastor-husband said the other day when he called me at work. “One of our staff is positive for COVID-19, and we’ve all been exposed. We’re having to …

I don’t recall ever making a list of New Year’s Resolutions. If I did, the goals were not memorable enough to stay with me. The year 2020, however, has left many of us wanting a fresh start. …

While COVID-19 continues to reshape and affect everything across America and the world in 2020, I want to share a few wonderful things God has done through our work together as Southern Baptists …

I could begin this article with another cliché about 2020, but I won’t. Pastors are ready to move forward. Church members are ready to move forward. Indeed, it’s time to move …

I may be alone in this conclusion, but I’ve often found it harder to preach during the Christmas season. Below are some of the reasons for my feelings. I’d love to hear from other pastors – am …

By Tim Williams Over the last decade, baptisms have been on the decline in our churches across America. In totality, the Southern Baptist Convention reached a historic low of 246,000 baptisms per …

What does it mean to be a normal Christian? Lamar LaGrone was surprisingly and miraculously saved out of a lifestyle filled with the world’s vices. When Lamar was saved, he …

“The New Lottie Moon Story” by Catherine B. Allen provides this photo of what it called Monument Street Baptist Church in Tengchow. Tengchow later would become known as Penglai and Monument …

By Randy C. Davis/The Baptist and Reflector This post originally appeared in The Baptist and Reflector , the newsjournal of Tennessee Baptists, on Dec. 2. Let’s make one thing clear from the …

Graphic courtesy of the International Mission Board. By Paul Chitwood The 2020 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® goal is $175 million. That number is significant because 2020 marks the 175 th …

Your mindset determines so much of your daily decision making. A mindset is your beliefs, ideas, and attitude toward a circumstance or challenge that you will take action on. For example, I grew up …

By Ronnie Floyd The SBC is a convention of churches. Churches plant churches, and churches send missionaries. Associations, state conventions, and national entities do not plant churches or send …

Walking through an open door into something new can be an anxious experience, but also exciting. The former comes because there's an element of the unknown. The latter? Same reason. …

I often tell people of the ten reasons I am a Southern Baptist three of those reasons are the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions. The opportunity we have as thousands of …

Thanks for the recent article about Rev. Andy Merritt  of Edgewood Baptist in Columbus. Andy was a well-loved man of God who started a movement that has impacted lives all over this country and …

EDITOR’S NOTE: November is National Adoption Month. By Audrey Brooks I’ve long thought adoption was a beautiful picture of the Gospel – that it showed the love of Jesus in a unique and profound …

America remains a country divided over the results of the 2020 presidential election. Some are calling for all the votes to be counted and all the potential legal proceedings to be resolved before …

To some extent, I am like a lot of other pastors, finding ministry in this time and culture incredibly difficult. If I were to be perfectly honest, the week before the Georgia Baptist Mission Board …

Since the Nov. 3 election, many have expressed questions and concerns about the integrity of the voting process across our nation. As mentioned in an earlier Christian Index article , voting is a …

The 2020 Georgia Baptist Convention annual gathering is in the books, and it happened in a year when nothing was conventional. Instead of three days from the inspirational rally to …

We live in an age of modern technology that we cannot and will not get away from anytime soon. Students have access to information and entertainment at their fingertips with the use of technology. …

Dr. Johnston was one of my favorite professors when I was in college. I grew up in a Christian home with my family attending a Bible teaching church. I graduated from a Christian …

I suspect most of us struggle at times with wanting affirmation from others — even to the extent of being a “people pleaser.” I’m not sure, though, we always recognize our tendencies. Here …