
‘As though they were for their own’: TN Baptists collect record 7,540 backpacks
Tennessee Baptist Convention churches provided a record 7,540 Christmas Backpacks this year, surpassing the ministry’s goal of 7,000 backpacks.

Tennessee Baptist Convention churches provided a record 7,540 Christmas Backpacks this year, surpassing the ministry’s goal of 7,000 backpacks.

“When I first heard ‘brain rot,’ I had to laugh. It sounds like the kind of thing my grandma would’ve accused me of catching if I spent too much time watching reruns of Gilligan’s Island,” writes Tony Martin, Baptist Record editor.

“Because this year’s Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is the most important offering in the history of the International Mission Board, I am asking every church to give 10% more to the IMB this year than you gave last year.” — Paul Chitwood

A Sunday school class at Kuttawa First Baptist Church in Kentucky was quick to mobilize when it heard of a need at Sunrise Children’s Services. But when the Sunrise need was met in abundance, the work of that class was not in vain …

Digital marketing is the new Yellow Pages, writes church communication expert Mark MacDonald. He shares four tips for growing your church with digital marketing. Start preparing now for the new year.

Azerbaijan, which hosted a United Nations climate summit last month, has come under international scrutiny for human rights and religious freedom violations.

A Lifeway Research study finds U.S. adults are split on whether they’ll be at church sometime this Christmas — 47% say they typically attend church at Christmastime, while 48% say they do not, and 5% aren’t sure.

Christmas music is an excellent way to share the Gospel with adults, writes Brian Hobbs, editor of Oklahoma’s Baptist Messenger. When is the last time you went Christmas caroling?

A local church is the product of many believers, past and present. It is their many voices combined over time that create a single story

New scheduling details in the upcoming trial resulting from former Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt’s lawsuit against the SBC, the SBC Executive Committee and Guidepost Solutions were released Dec. 3.
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