In 1776 there were 497 Baptist churches in the 13 colonies with approximately 10,000 church members. The effect of the great Separate Baptist revival was just beginning to be felt as Baptist growth would continue steadily into the 19th century.
As America celebrates its 250th birthday in July, Indian Fork Baptist Church will have a unique opportunity on Sunday to host the dedication of a memorial of three Revolutionary War soldiers from that community.
Kentucky Baptists have taken another step in sharing the gospel in Chile, this time involving Baptist Campus Ministry students from Morehead State University and Northern Kentucky University in a weeklong mission effort in a city described as “forgotten and depressed.”
Asbury Theological Seminary, a 103-year-old Kentucky evangelical seminary, is no longer approved as a school for United Methodist candidates for ordained ministry, the school announced Thursday (June 25).
After 50 years of transporting children to school, Jane Davis has retired from what she considers more than a job — it has been a ministry where she has mentored children for half a century.
Every Sunday at 6:45 a.m. women from Fitzpatrick Baptist Church arrive at the Floyd County Jail to have a Bible study with the female inmates. That ministry has borne fruit, as evidenced by the baptism of one woman on May 18.
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