Daniel Ritchie was called into ministry, which he was confused about. He asked God how he, a recovering “people hater,” could step into that calling.
Dangling a dead — but “nice 4-plus footer”— timber rattlesnake from a branch, Alabama pastor Matt Kelley declared the venomous reptile “almost got me.”
At University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, the smell of Cajun spices and freshly boiled crawfish recently filled the air as the Baptist Collegiate Ministry hosted its second annual crawfish boil — an event designed to bring students together over food, fellowship and faith.
Dallas Baptist University’s Everett Center for Global Religious Freedom recently launched the “Two Empty Chairs” campaign, calling for the White House to raise concerns about
EDITOR’S NOTE (Updated May 5, 2026): The Baptist Homes & Healthcare Ministries released a letter Monday (May 4), detailing the connection of its leadership to
“If I reach down to my thigh, I can feel what feels like a bullet wound,” veteran missionary, Tina Boesch told women attending Priority 2026 on Friday (April 24). “And that would be a great story, wouldn’t it, if I actually had a bullet wound? I don’t.”
From Johnson City to Jackson, 47 Tennessee Baptist churches set aside the Sunday after Easter as a day for baptism. When the day came, 185 people said yes.
Camp Mystic, the all-girls Christian camp near Kerrville, Texas, where 27 girls died as a result of catastrophic flooding last summer, announced it will not open any portion of the camp for the summer 2026 season.
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.
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