Pope Francis died Monday at age 88, the Vatican announced. He passed away Monday morning (April 21) at his longtime residence at the Vatican, after battling double pneumonia and kidney failure following a 38-day hospitalization.
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for April 27, written by Mark Rathel, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
“What if I told you that tens of millions of Americans who currently reject God are actually open to believing in Him — under the right conditions?” George Barna writes.
Easter shouts that something significant happened in the garden on that morning just days after the crucifixion of Jesus, and we celebrate it not just on Easter, but every Sunday when we gather worship our living Lord.
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.
Ramesh Baghel has become the face of a struggle for securing dignity in death for Christians across Chhattisgarh state, India, as he prepares a new petition to the Supreme Court of India.
“One of the catch phrases is ‘authenticity is the currency of this generation,’” said PJ Dunn, a discipleship consultant for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board.
“He said he’d be back, so I looked for him and, true to his word, they’ve been here,” said local resident Mack Thomason, 77, of a Baptists on Mission volunteer who said he could help.
A shooting Thursday (April 17) on the Florida State University campus has injured an unknown number of people, with the extent of injuries unknown at this time.
A new survey from Nashville-based Lifeway Research found that 94% of Protestant pastors believe their church will still be open in 10 years, with 78% strongly agreeing that will be true.
