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Baptists Send Relief after quake

February 27, 2023 By Baptist Press

Baptists Send Relief after quake

Southern Baptists’ Send Relief partners were on the ground in Southern Turkey within hours of a devastating earthquake and multiple aftershocks Feb. 6 that left nearly 50,000 people dead and 250,000 homes destroyed there and in neighboring Syria. As rescue efforts passed the one-week mark, rescuers continued to pull survivors from the rubble long after […]

Louisiana pastor to nominate Barber for second term as SBC president

February 13, 2023 By Baptist Press

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Trinity Baptist Church pastor Steven James announced Feb. 13 his intent to re-nominate Texas pastor Bart Barber for SBC president at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans this June. Barber was elected to the position for the first time at last summer’s gathering in Anaheim. James and Barber know one another well due […]

Major earthquake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills thousands

February 6, 2023 By Baptist Press

Pray for Turkey and Syria

A pair of earthquakes and a series of aftershocks have devastated portions of Turkey and Syria. According to the BBC, more than 3,000 people were known to have been killed by the quakes as of 2:30 p.m. CST on Feb. 6. The death toll is expected to grow much higher with the World Health Organization […]

MBTS’ $2.5 million ‘missions moonshot’

February 2, 2023 By Baptist Press

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Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) plans to produce 100 new missionaries annually in what President Jason Allen is calling a “missions moonshot.” Allen announced the plan and a $2.5 million gift to fund it at the seminary’s spring convocation in January. Allen began the service referencing President John F. Kennedy’s 1961 moonshot address to rally […]

Sallateeska baptism demonstrates SBC connections

November 30, 2022 By Baptist Press

(Ed. Note—In our July issue, we reported that Illinois’s very own Sandy Wisdom-Martin told the story of her brother’s recent baptism during her WMU presentation at the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Anaheim. We thought we you would appreciate this longer account that shows God’s fingerprints through multiple SBC connections. It’s too good to miss.) […]

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Meredith Flynn

Spectators or participants?

Meredith Flynn

My church is in a season of refocusing on prayer. Every Sunday before the sermon, we break into small groups and pray together. One of the goals of this emphasis, our pastor has said, is to move from being spectators of prayer to participants in it. Last season, the football team I have followed and […]

Nate Adams

Good new days

Nate Adams

We all have “good old days” in our lives. They may be the days when we felt most successful or appreciated, or when things were done the way we agreed with or liked, or when those we respected were in charge. Most of us have good old days in our churches too. Days when our […]

How we can speak to men in the abortion conversation

Justin Mullins

As a pastor, father and follower of Christ, I have often found myself with a heavy heart when I think and pray about abortion. I’m saddened. I’m sickened. I’m burdened for the life of preborn children who are precious in the sight of God. And I have a deep conviction that there’s more that I […]

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Study shows Hispanic churches are young, vibrant, and growing

Lifeway Research

A new survey of Hispanic churches shows their attenders are younger and more evangelistic than at other Protestant churches—and there are more of them in worship on any given Sunday. Together with two dozen other religious organizations, Lifeway Research polled 692 pastors of churches that are at least 50% Hispanic for the largest survey of […]

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Hunt sues SBC, EC and Guidepost

Brandon Porter, Baptist Press

Longtime pastor and former SBC President Johnny Hunt has filed suit against the SBC, the SBC Executive Committee (EC) and Guidepost Solutions. The suit seeks unspecified damages related to allegations of defamation and the invasion of privacy based on accusations made against Hunt in the 2022 Guidepost report stemming from an investigation into the alleged […]

SBC aids largest people displacement in history

Stetzer leaves Wheaton to lead Biola’s theology school

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A first-time ministry to migrant workers is very fruitful

Ben Jones

One of the migrant workers lingered for a few minutes after the meal. Juan Carlos wanted to talk with a pastor. “My hometown was attacked,” he said, holding out a cell phone. “My parents escaped,” the young man said in Spanish, “but my wife and children are trapped there, and my brothers are missing.” The […]

FIRST-PERSON: A once-feared tribe now spreads the Gospel

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering hits all-time high as Southern Baptists give record $68.9 million

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