The Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders sponsors an annual conference prior to the SBC Annual Meeting.
The meeting — to be held June 13–14 in Nashville — provides opportunities for fellowship, networking and training. To register, visit sbcal.org/nashville.
A recent conference on “Retrieving Nicaea for Evangelicals,” which was sponsored by the Center for Baptist Renewal and held at Oklahoma Baptist University, featured insight into the Nicene Creed.
Advent should remind justice-minded Christians their “yearning” and “longing for more” is rooted in the awareness God’s Kingdom has come, but it also is yet to come, theologian Will Willimon told religious leaders on a Zoom call convened by Pastors for Texas Children.
The human brain is wired to crave novelty. Long before smartphones and streaming platforms competed for our attention, God designed our minds to scan the environment for anything new, surprising or out of place.
Half a million abortions occurred in the U.S. in the first six months of 2025 — and it’s likely an undercount.
