‘Thankful’: Fred Luter reflects on retirement plans
November 6, 2025
“Thankful.” That was one word Fred Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans, used as he reflected on his decades of ministry after
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Go Tell America crusade in Mississippi sees hundreds respond
November 4, 2025
More than 700 people made commitments to the Lord Jesus Christ during the GO TELL AMERICA Crusade in Brookhaven, Mississippi, Oct. 19-22, from among the 10,000 who attended the four-night event, according to event organizers.
‘Never too late’: 85-year-old reflects on baptism after revival service
October 31, 2025
For 85 years H.L Davis was in church on Sundays and was surrounded in his home (as a child and adult) by other believers. He even was baptized as a boy in Mississippi, thinking he was saved because of it.
Update on Louisiana library staff firing
October 30, 2025
Liberty Counsel, a Christian ministry that engages in strategic litigation to promote evangelical Christian values, sent a demand letter, Oct. 17, to the East Baton Rouge Parish Library on behalf of Luke Ash.
LSU BCM building damaged in on-campus shooting
October 14, 2025
Louisiana Baptist leaders are thankful for God’s protection over the Louisiana State University Baptist Collegiate Ministry building, which was vacant at the time of an Oct. 11 nearby shooting.
Vandal attempts to destroy crosses inside Louisiana church
September 30, 2025
A man attempted to destroy crosses inside the Bedico Baptist Church worship center, Sept. 25, but its surveillance camera helped lead to his capture before he left the facility.
Louisiana Baptist women offer 1,000 giftboxes to female prisoners
September 27, 2025
On Aug. 29, the Louisiana Baptist women’s missions and ministry team led women from across the state to pack hygiene giftboxes for those at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women.
Homesteading not for the faint of heart: Young couple learns to live off the land
September 25, 2025
When Elijah and Kaleigh Jones aren’t on the campus of Louisiana Christian University, you will probably find them—if you try hard enough and have a GPS—at home about a mile-down a heavily forested long, red dirt road in Grant Parish.
First person: How New Orleans pastors came together after Katrina
September 4, 2025
Eighteen months before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, I left the pastorate of First Baptist Church Kenner, Louisiana, to become director of missions for
First person: My Katrina word
September 4, 2025
“On this 20th anniversary of the great storm, I am going to answer a question I have never been asked. If I were limited to just one word to describe my Katrina experience, what would that word be?”
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