Letter to the Editor: Family vacations build love
August 31, 2026
I just read the article, “First person: Blessings from family vacations” in the July 30 issue of The Baptist Paper. I thought about our family experience.
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Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for Sept. 6
August 31, 2026
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for Sept. 6, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.
Explore the Bible Sunday School Lesson for Sept. 6
August 31, 2026
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for Sept. 6, written by Don Fugate, senior pastor of Foxworthy Baptist Church in San Jose, California.
Change, transitions nothing new to SBC workers. Here’s why they stay.
August 31, 2026
Labor Day is Sept. 7. The Baptist Paper asked several leaders in various roles at SBC entities to share challenges, lessons learned during leadership transitions and reflections on why they keep returning each day for more.
Launching a new congregation, part 2 — the deacons say, ‘No’
August 30, 2026
Brian was disappointed, but not surprised. “It was not totally unexpected,” he told Trip. “When I was pastor of another congregation where we talked about launching a new congregation, we got the same first response.”
Skillet song hits ‘Monster’ number of streams on Spotify
August 29, 2026
In 2009, John Cooper and his band, Skillet, unleashed the song “Monster.” Seventeen years later, that same track became the first by a Christian rock artist to crack Spotify’s Billions Club, surpassing 1 billion streams on the platform.
‘Night of terror’: Gang attacks Haiti church, slaughters 47 people as violence intensifies
August 28, 2026
Gang members massacred at least 47 people and injured about 22 others after gunning down people inside a church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Dozens more were kidnapped, many of them children, the United Nations and Amnesty International reported. The incident is thought to be one of the largest mass abductions in the nation in recent years.
Death toll climbing after flooding, mudslides in Nepal, Tibet
August 28, 2026
Deadly flooding and mudslides along the Nepal-Tibet border — with terrifying images of the disaster caught on video — have claimed more than 500 lives.
New podcast aims to make ‘ripples’ in collegiate ministry
August 28, 2026
By starting the dialogue, Sam Ivy hopes the podcast will help college students make faithful decisions today that cause a ripple effect for a spiritually healthy future.
Rice: Commission on Women Serving in Pastoral Ministry formed to ‘achieve greater clarity’
August 27, 2026
Southern Baptist Convention President Willy Rice has announced the formation of a group whose goal is “to help Southern Baptists achieve greater clarity and consensus around historic Baptist convictions, grounded in Scripture, concerning the office of pastor and women serving in ministry.”
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