
‘They have a tough job’: Churches reach out with hospitality to police officers
Churches in Louisiana have embraced their mission to further the gospel through establishment of hospitality rooms for law enforcement officers.

Churches in Louisiana have embraced their mission to further the gospel through establishment of hospitality rooms for law enforcement officers.

“On Sunday morning, he sat in the foyer to make sure everyone was safe and okay,” pastor Jimmy Koonce recalled. “He was always a very quieting, comforting presence.”

The Baptist Message, Louisiana Baptists’ news service, will continue publishing a print edition through December 2026, then begin digital-only operations in January 2027.

Though a winter storm may have prevented some churches from meeting in person Jan. 25, they still pressed forward with online services while others became the hands and feet of Jesus in their communities.

A Louisiana Baptist church has sounded a warning after scammers recently impersonated their pastor.

Organizers and participants of the 2025 Youth Evangelism Celebration praised God for the 571 students who made decisions for Christ, Nov. 23-24, in the Laborde Earles Coliseum in Alexandria.

“Thankful.” That was one word Fred Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans, used as he reflected on his decades of ministry after

More than 700 people made commitments to the Lord Jesus Christ during the GO TELL AMERICA Crusade in Brookhaven, Mississippi, Oct. 19-22, from among the 10,000 who attended the four-night event, according to event organizers.

For 85 years H.L Davis was in church on Sundays and was surrounded in his home (as a child and adult) by other believers. He even was baptized as a boy in Mississippi, thinking he was saved because of it.

Liberty Counsel, a Christian ministry that engages in strategic litigation to promote evangelical Christian values, sent a demand letter, Oct. 17, to the East Baton Rouge Parish Library on behalf of Luke Ash.
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