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‘Fresh opportunities’: 5 practical ways to ignite engagement in 2025

February 7, 2025

Here are five practical ways to increase engagement in 2025. For the sake of the gospel.

Your Voice: Why God sent me to Greenland

February 7, 2025

First-person articles, comments, letters to the editor, blog excerpts, social media posts and more.

Longtime missionary Charles Love dies at 96

February 6, 2025

Charles Love and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, served for 28 years as Southern Baptist missionaries in Guyana. They retired to Texas, but it didn’t stick and they moved to St. Lucia for 18 months, then spent three years in China.

Convicted killer of Texas pastor executed

February 6, 2025

Texas executed Steven Nelson on Feb. 5 for the 2011 murder of Clint Dobson, pastor of NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington.

Tennessee Baptists seek to ‘amplify’ VBS momentum

February 6, 2025

Tennessee Baptist Mission Board leaders are doubling down on their commitment to keep this summer tradition thriving for generations to come.

Family, friends mourn loss of retired missionary, ministry leader after attack

February 6, 2025

Family, friends and others in the Orlando community are morning the loss of 85-year-old Lucy Pat Curl, a long-time pastor’s wife who died after being attacked Jan. 31 during a home invasion.

‘Miracle at Mount Zion:’ Constructing a building, new life in Christ

February 6, 2025

After nearly six years from the time its sanctuary was destroyed by a tornado, Mount Zion Baptist Church moved into a rebuilt sanctuary on Jan. 19.

Baptist associations and ‘advanced’ Christianity

February 6, 2025

In the world of Southern Baptists, Baptist associations are advanced Christianity. For them to thrive, you’ve gotta want them bad, ‘cause it’s gonna be a challenging journey.

Executive order protecting women’s sports signed, praised as ‘encouraging and helpful’ step

February 5, 2025

The order defines “sex” strictly as an individual’s immutable biological classification, effectively ending efforts to tie transgender participation to Title IX protections.