The Baptist Friendship House of New Orleans was honored in May with the FBI’s 2018 Director’s Community Leadership Award for its work to combat human trafficking. Kay Bennett, a Send Relief missionary with the North American Mission Board, accepted the award on behalf of the Baptist Friendship House at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. The […]
As declines continue, Floyd calls Baptists to evangelize
Southern Baptist churches reported fewer members, worship attenders, and baptisms in 2018, according to the latest Annual Church Profile (ACP) report compiled by LifeWay Christian Resources in cooperation with Baptist state conventions. Church membership declined by 192,404, down 1.28% to 14.8 million members, while average weekly worship attendance declined by 0.43% to 5.3 million worshipers. […]
Pastors’ Conference a call to character ‘from above’
Birmingham, Ala. | Whether in suffering or dealing with a social media firestorm, lean into the godly character that the Holy Spirit is fashioning in your heart — that was the core challenge of the 2019 Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference June 9-10 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Ala. The worked their way through […]
Acteens celebrate 50
Illinois leaders key to founding and continuing ministry Illinois’ very own Evelyn Tully was honored at the 50th anniversary celebration for the founding of Acteens. The event was held at national Woman’s Missionary Union headquarters in Birmingham ahead of the Southern Baptist Convention meeting. Tully was the first national director of the WMU’s missions organization […]
Anxiety rises as church membership falls
A recent Gallup poll found only 50% of Americans self-reported as members of a church, synagogue, or mosque in 2018. That’s a sharp drop from around 70% in 1999, a number that had stayed fairly steady in prior decades. The decline matches up with the nation’s “steep increase” of “nones,” or people who don’t identify […]
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