While many are familiar with the name “Criswell,” few know the man behind the name as well as O.S. Hawkins. With his book “Criswell: His Life and Times,” Hawkins aims to help readers see learn more about the famed pastor.
More than 2o volunteers began working March 6 for cleanup and fire recovery in the Oklahoma panhandle, confirmed Jason Yarbrough, Disaster Relief director for Oklahoma Baptists.
The Week of Prayer for North American Missions is March 3–10. The offering is used for training, support and care for missionaries, like Noelson and Edna Chery, and for evangelism resources.
Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Disaster Relief volunteers have prepared more than 1,000 meals, while assessors, chaplains, incident management team members, and clean-up and recovery workers are continuing their efforts.
Blount County residents are still reeling from the tragic death of Blount County Sheriff’s Department deputy Greg McCowan who was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Feb. 8.
Highlighting the theme, “Advancing the Gospel,” more than 400 California Baptists and guests gathered recently in El Cajon, California, to celebrate the 81st anniversary of the founding of San Diego Southern Baptist Association.
“True Girl” is a one-night conference that “is designed to give moms and their daughters a few moments to be vulnerable together, to talk about struggles, to spend a lot of time talking about their identity in Christ…,” says Rachel Cobb.
North Carolina pastor Mark Harris won the Republican primary in the state’s 8th Congressional District on Tuesday (March 5), nearly six years after an apparent win in his last bid for Congress ended amid controversy.
Liberty University has agreed to pay a $14 million fine for failures in reporting campus crime and its handling of sexual abuse survivors, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
“Our goal was to help our pastors realize that church ‘health’ is what we are looking at. We want all of our churches to be healthy — and that can mean different things for each individual church.”
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