Eighteen months before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, I left the pastorate of First Baptist Church Kenner, Louisiana, to become director of missions for
“On this 20th anniversary of the great storm, I am going to answer a question I have never been asked. If I were limited to just one word to describe my Katrina experience, what would that word be?”
Members of the Carson-Newman University campus community gathered on the banks of Mossy Creek after 18 Eagles football players made decisions to be baptized in the historic waters.
Can anyone speak for Southern Baptists without making them mad?
A deadly 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan Sunday (Aug. 31), claiming more than 1,400 lives and leaving over 3,000 people injured. Entire villages were leveled in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces, where mud-brick homes collapsed, trapping residents under rubble, according to media reports.
If I ask you about your teenage years, you might tell me you were the perfect adolescent. If so, I know you also lie about other things.
Lost in the debate over the federal defunding of PBS and NPR is a truth that penny-pinching families have known for years: Its streaming service, Passport, is among the best deals in the business.
The SBTC, working with the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, is focusing on seven European cities, including Copenhagen.
The Singing Men of Texas (SMOT) celebrated their 50th anniversary on August 15 by playing a concert at Riverbend Centre in Austin.
Good pastors are hard to find. Some churches that are without a pastor have spent two years or longer in a search for their next one.
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