Recalibrating, not retiring: pastor transitions ministry after two-decade tenure
December 5, 2025
After 19 years and 4 months, Fred McCoy is concluding his ministry as pastor of Houston Lake Baptist Church.
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Food Pantry ministry ‘really making a difference’ in community
December 5, 2025
It’s amazing what a small church with a big heart can do.
Samaritan’s Purse plane hijacked in South Sudan; suspect arrested
December 5, 2025
A small single-propeller airplane belonging to Samaritan’s Purse was hijacked by an armed man Tuesday (Dec. 2) in South Sudan. The Cessna Grand Caravan was
First person: Christmas peace for the single parent
December 5, 2025
As a single dad, I spent many Christmas Eves alone. While I wrapped presents for my son, I sometimes wondered what he might be doing.
Legal updates regarding two SBC cases
December 4, 2025
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary remains dismissed from claims of defamation in a case involving the school and its former president, Paige Patterson, with the latter
Evangelist’s case goes before the Supreme Court
December 4, 2025
Authorities arrested Gabriel Olivier in 2021 after refusing to remain in a designated protest zone in Brandon, Mississippi.
Families file class-action suit to stop Ten Commandment displays
December 4, 2025
Eighteen families filed a class-action lawsuit Dec. 2 to stop the display of a prescribed version of the Ten Commandments in all classrooms of every Texas school district not already involved in related litigation or subject to an injunction.
First person: 15 ‘surprising’ goals to set for 2026
December 4, 2025
You might be already thinking about goals for the upcoming new year even though we’re a few weeks away from 2026, and I assume that some of those goals are related to your spiritual walk.
Miss Georgia urges Baptists to use influence to reach lost
December 3, 2025
“My goal in life, my calling, is to know Christ and to make Him known. Everything that I do is situated under that purpose,” said Miss Georgia 2025 Audrey Kittila, a member of First Baptist Church Alpharetta.
Student takes stand after receiving failing grade for Christian views
December 3, 2025
Samantha Fulnecky’s final grade won’t be negatively affected by her Christian views on a controversial issue. The University of Oklahoma student recently complained she was discriminated against after receiving a zero on her essay that expressed her Christian views on gender.
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