Although the inaugural Student Evangelism Conference featured high-energy worship music, engaging speakers and captivating entertainers, none of those things represented the central purpose of the event, said Ryan Keaton, strengthening evangelistic disciples team leader for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.
Alan Raughton received the Tim Holcomb Legacy Award at the annual meeting of the Disciple Leaders Network in March at Northside Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Raughton has been a lifelong Christian educator with a distinguished career.
Hundreds of worship leaders, musicians and technical volunteers from across the state gathered Saturday at First Baptist Church Cabot for the 2026 Arkansas Baptist Worship Conference.
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.
Hosted by Georgia Baptist Collegiate Ministry, Confluence brings together students from dozens of colleges and universities. They come from different schools, backgrounds and cultures.
“I love the church, but in many instances the church has acquiesced to the expectation that fathers are not making disciples in their home.”
Bruce Webb, pastor of The Woodlands First Baptist Church of Woodlands, Texas, recounted the history of Baptist advocacy for freedom of religion during a breakout
Hosted by the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, the event featured Mississippi-based speakers addressing church revitalization, leadership development, women in ministry and international missions.
In a world facing serious problems of hunger, poverty and environmental degradation: “We need hope, and we need it badly,” said Father Emmanuel Katongole, professor of theology and peace studies at Notre Dame University.
Braving stormy conditions, more than 500 women from across Tennessee converged at Dickson First Baptist Church on April 4-5 for the annual Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) Get-Together.
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