What began on March 1 as a regular Sunday service at Bethlehem Church quickly became a day that few who were present will forget. By the time the waters stilled, exactly 400 people had been baptized across all three campuses.
Thirty salvations and 100 total decisions marked the latest mission trip to Jamaica for a team of 15 volunteers from Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. “Every night, there were decisions,” said team leader Claude Mathis.
A key Senate committee unanimously advanced Senate Bill 542, which would add clergy to Georgia’s ‘improper sexual contact’ statute, during a hearing Wednesday evening, Feb. 25.
This summer, the world’s attention will turn towards football (soccer, in North America) and the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
As new research points to a shift in church attendance with men showing increased engagement in many age groups, Josh Smith believes the moment calls for more than celebration.
The second round of Engage 6 evangelism gatherings brought together more than 400 pastors, ministry leaders and laypeople from across Georgia for hands-on training in practical evangelism.
The Truett McConnell University Board of Trustees on Monday (Feb. 2) unanimously elected Larry Lyon as the university’s ninth president.
Over the course of seven services across three campuses, Bethlehem Church celebrated 33 baptisms between Jan. 15–18.
Henry Durand has been named editor of The Christian Index, assuming the role this month following more than three years of service with the Georgia Baptist Mission Board.
It’s a changing of the guard as three northeast Georgia associational missionary strategists with 60 years of combined experience are retiring. They are baby boomers passing the baton to a new generation of leadership.
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