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National Day of Prayer set for Thursday

May 1, 2024

National and state Southern Baptist leaders are calling for believers to pray, individually or corporately, on that day.

Holy Smoke: GA grilling competition raises over $17,000 for children’s homes

April 21, 2024

Springtime in Preston means that it’s once again time for the Holy Smoke Christian Grilling Competition, sponsored by Macedonia Baptist Church. Other churches in the area also joined in …

Sons of Jubal celebrate 7 decades of raising voices ‘to worship and glorify the Lord’

April 20, 2024

For the past 70 years, the members of the Sons of Jubal chorus have been raising their voices in song to worship and glorify the Lord.

‘Wide open’ opportunity: GA church reaching out to special needs community

April 14, 2024

The Church on Main will not soon forget Hannah’s baptism. A 15-year-old with cerebral palsy, Hannah was nonverbal and communicated through a device that tracked her eye movements and generated speech for her. Through that device, she …

Evangelist Keith Fordham honored for 50 years of ministry

April 9, 2024

Keith Fordham, a dedicated vocational evangelist, was recently honored for his 50 years of service at a Georgia Baptist evangelism conference in Tifton.

First person: ‘Oh, how we need Easter’

March 26, 2024

Easter is the day death died. If the Jerusalem Times ran obituaries, the passing of death’s sting would have been listed in the next day’s edition.

Roger Alford announces departure from Christian Index

March 22, 2024

Roger Alford, editor of The Christian Index for the past three years, announced his departure Friday (March 22) from the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s newsjournal, effective at the end of the month.

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Study shows pastors fine with AI use for graphic design, not for writing sermons

March 20, 2024

Pastors are comfortable with artificial intelligence for graphic design and marketing but not for preparing sermons, the Barna Group found a survey done earlier this year.

Riley Gaines urges students to stand firm, ‘speak louder’ against society’s lies

March 19, 2024

“When they want you silent, speak louder,'” said 23-year-old Riley Gaines, who was the featured speaker at Truett McConnell University in Cleveland, Georgia, which recently hosted Friends and Family Weekend.