An Iraqi Christian woman forcibly registered as Muslim can change religious affiliation in the official state database, Iraq’s highest appeals court ruled.
There’s nothing insignificant about losing an arm, both legs and the tips of several fingers. Yet when North Carolina pastor Steve Mathews reflects on the ordeal that nearly claimed his life, he describes it with a surprising word: “light.”
A region in Sudan that was once a safe haven for refugees and where nearly half the population is Christian has become another scene of deadly violence, as the country’s army and para military battle in the fourth year of war.
On this day 69 years ago, the late Rev. Billy Graham concluded a Crusade that lasted nearly 16 weeks— beginning May 15, 1957, and ending Sept. 1 — and further solidified the preacher’s status as the leading evangelist of his era.
Among the many milestones marked in 2026 is the 500th anniversary of William Tyndale’s translation of the New Testament, and later the Old Testament, into English.
Armed with a vision to help meet the need for pulpit supply in Mississippi and surrounding states, the Pastor Training School of Mississippi was developed under the leadership of a group of like-minded men to assist others serving in pastoral ministry.
Brian was 25 minutes late for the next deacons meeting. He had a pre-marriage counseling session before the meeting and needed to complete a crucial part of the conversation.
Brandon Porter, Executive Committee vice president for convention communications, was welcomed as the next associational mission strategist (AMS) for the South Central Baptist Association in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Aug. 30.
“He met Jesus, and his life shows real growth and changing. He wanted to be baptized — and was not going to let anything stand in the way,” the pastor said.
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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