
BCM leaders lay groundwork in ‘downtime’ of summer
Even thought most students are not on campus during the summer, Baptist Campus Ministry leaders are still hard at work, preparing for a new year of BCM activities and ministry events.

Even thought most students are not on campus during the summer, Baptist Campus Ministry leaders are still hard at work, preparing for a new year of BCM activities and ministry events.

Herman Paul Pressler III — a former Texas judge, one of the leaders of the Conservative Resurgence in the SBC and who has been at the center of controversy regarding sexual abuse allegations in recent years — has died at 94.

Crescent City Music, a newly formed worship group from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, is working to create a mode of worship that serves the Church in the most impactful, lasting way.

“We have ample ministry opportunity and are praying for the energy to keep up,” said FBC Alexandria Pastor Robert Stephens. “God’s grace is apparent in this full season of ministry. It will help our congregation process and move forward.”

Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting voted June 11 to disaffiliate with First Baptist Church Alexandria, Virginia, by a ballot vote of 6,759 (91.78 percent) to 563 (7.65 percent).

A ballot vote for the next SBC president is scheduled to take place June 11 at 7:05 p.m. during the opening day of the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis. The person elected will follow current SBC president Bart Barber.

Well-known speaker, author and pastor Tony Evans and his church leadership team have announced he has stepped down from pastoral duties after admitting to falling “short of the high standards of Scripture.”

Each year, thousands of children gather at church for Vacation Bible School. Read this former IMB missionary kid’s experience with VBS overseas and how she was transformed by Christ through the work of faithful VBS teachers.

On June 16, Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church — affectionately known to its members as The Rock — will celebrate 160 years of faithful Christian service and ministry.

After a tornado ripped through Sanderson, pastor Mike Ellis said residents of the small West Texas town did what they typically do. It was neighbors helping neighbors,” said pastor Mike Ellis of First Baptist Church Sanderson, Texas.
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