Baptist churches have a centuries-long history of supporting missionaries, but short-term mission trips have become popular among evangelical church members only since the 1960s.
For eight days beginning on April 10, the Crisp County Courthouse in Cordele was the site of the first-ever Crisp County Bible Reading Marathon. Volunteers gathered there to read the Bible from cover to cover.
Before becoming a director of missions, and even more so while serving in that role, Rick Standard saw a need that kept surfacing among pastors, especially those in small and mid-sized churches.
A spiritual awakening is taking place inside Franklin Parish Detention Center, with 12 incarcerated men celebrating freedom in Christ through baptism on April 12.
The Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union gathered at First Baptist Church, Dickson, April 17-18 for its annual Missions Get-Together.
Over the course of three days, professors and Bible scholars from Mississippi’s three Baptist universities tackled the book of Jeremiah during the 2026 Preaching Conference.
Hillvue Heights Church doesn’t apologize for its passion for the gospel. It’s embedded in the church’s DNA.
The largest school district in Texas is getting pushback from local parents and community activists for allegedly having books in their libraries that contain sexually explicit and profane content.
Signs in the village still declare “Chatham Strong” one year after the tragic deaths of four children and a teenage camp counselor at an afterschool program.
On the campus of Morehead State University, gospel seeds are being planted with steady consistency.
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