
Off the Grid ministry pushes ministers, their families out of comfort zones
When ministry wives traded their familiar routines for hiking boots and backpacks, they discovered more than mountain vistas along the Appalachian Trail.

When ministry wives traded their familiar routines for hiking boots and backpacks, they discovered more than mountain vistas along the Appalachian Trail.

Preaching from Ephesians 4, Clint Pressley shared with the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Monday evening (Sept. 22) what it looks like to “Walk Worthy,” which is the theme of the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando.

UPDATE: On Tuesday (Sept. 23), the SBC Executive Committee approved a referral from the June annual meeting involving the appointment of an EC task force

Tens of thousands gathered Sunday (Sept. 21) at State Farm Stadium in Arizona to honor Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, who was assassinated Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University.

Jon Moore, pastor of Concord Church in Booneville, is also network supervisor for Prentiss Connect, having worked in the fiber cable business for 15 years. What stands out, though, is what God has done at Concord Church.

The phone buzzed, flashing an unidentified caller ID. The Middle Eastern pastor deliberated before accepting the call. It wasn’t spam but a voice from the past.

First-person articles, comments, letters to the editor, blog excerpts, social media posts and more.

The Southern Baptist Convention will go its own way on immigration policy, the denomination’s top public policy official said Wednesday (Sept. 17), breaking ties with a coalition of other evangelical Christian bodies focused on the issue.

EDITOR’S NOTE — The Baptist Paper staff members continue their review of the audio files from the 2009–2010 meetings of the Great Commission Resurgence Task

The California Southern Baptist Convention Executive Board met Sept. 10–11 to conduct business, celebrate milestones and take decisive steps toward the future — which included
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