First person: Celebrating the people you serve, love
May 17, 2025
One of the joys of pastoring is celebrating the milestone achievements of the people you serve and love.
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Looking for the 2025 SBC Book of Reports? It’s available online.
May 16, 2025
If you’re looking to brush up on your business and financial reports knowledge ahead of this year’s Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas (June 10–11), the SBC has released its 2025 Book of Reports online.
Second VP role gets second nominee, making it first contested SBC race so far
May 16, 2025
A second nominee has been announced for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, making it the first contested race for an SBC post so far this year. Craig Carlisle, current Alabama convention president, will be nominated.
First person: Refocusing on the main thing
May 16, 2025
New Coke was a colossal failure. In 1985, after decades as a premier global brand producing the world’s most popular soft drink, the Coca-Cola Company’s
Faith, funerals and foxhounds: How one bivocational pastor ministers in times of grief
May 16, 2025
Those who know Rusty Walton best might say that this bivocational pastor, who also helps run a funeral home, is “dead serious” about ministry.
Pastor suspended by church after fake social media accounts exposed
May 15, 2025
Josh Buice, founder of the G3 Conference and pastor of Pray’s Mill Baptist Church in Douglasville, Georgia, was placed on indefinite leave last week.
Update: Johnny Hunt jury trial on hold
May 15, 2025
In an order issued Monday, May 12, Judge William L. Campbell Jr. announced that the jury trial in the lawsuit brought by Johnny Hunt against the Southern Baptist Convention and others has been canceled.
SC Supreme Court upholds 6-week abortion ban; legal challenges continue
May 15, 2025
The court concluded that while the law’s language referencing “fetal heartbeat” is medically vague, the legislative intent and prior statements by both lawmakers and abortion providers consistently aligned with a six-week threshold …
Launchpad: ‘Celebrate next’ with congregational multiplication strategies
May 15, 2025
The answer to the growth dilemma is obvious. When it is shared with congregations, they often reject it in favor of doing things to help existing congregations remain or become vital and vibrant.
Celebrating 100 years of Cooperative Program ‘moments,’ opportunity for ‘sacred effort’
May 14, 2025
“One moment is not going to change the entire trajectory of what we do, but it can remind us of some very important things. The beauty of Baptist life and cooperation is that everybody is autonomous … we work together because we want to.”
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