Cathy Blalock stood on Folly Beach, listening to the waves and watching the dark clouds roll in. “A storm is coming,” she thought. She reached for her phone and texted a friend who was going through a hard time.
Down a winding country road on the border of the national forest in Wayne County, sits little Strengthford Church. Every Sunday, the brothers and sisters in Christ pour generously into their missional offering, set aside to aid those in the community.
Every year in Mount Vernon, Illinois, new “Senior Saints” are nominated. I am delighted that our community honors their service and citizenship. I’m also for
A federal judge ordered 14 Texas school districts to remove Ten Commandments displays from classrooms by Dec. 1, ruling unconstitutional a new state law that has required the displays since September.
More churches in Utah and Idaho (rather than from outside the two states) are becoming “sending” churches, Michael Cooper told attendees to UISBC’s recent annual meeting.
God’s Pit Crew and First Baptist Church Rolling Fork, Mississippi, recently partnered for a large-scale mobile Blessing Bucket packing assembly, resulting in the preparation of more than 1,000 Blessing Buckets and 1,000 children’s Play Pails for future disaster response efforts.
Leaders from the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the Ukrainian Baptist Union signed an agreement Nov. 18 establishing church-to-church partnerships between Texas and Ukrainian Baptist churches.
Messengers to the Nov. 4-5 Illinois Baptist State Association annual meeting were presented with five resolutions by the Resolutions and Christian Life Committee which were overwhelmingly approved.
Celebration Baptist Church, Rio Rancho, welcomed visitors to its parking lot for a car show, Oct. 25.
Trenton Cooper said there wasn’t a very big Southern Baptist presence in his area in 2018. And if a fire had had its way, that presence would’ve gotten even smaller.
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