First Person: Lessons from getting my master’s degree
May 27, 2023
Graduating this spring with my master’s degree was not on my bucket list. With about 25 years of professional experience in Southern Baptist media, I
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BGCT executive board approves sexual abuse task force
May 27, 2023
The Baptist General Convention of Texas voted to create a task force to study and recommend responses to sexual abuse issues in Texas Baptist churches.
TN pregnancy center seeks to ‘save a life and meet the needs of that life’
May 27, 2023
Hope Haven Pregnancy Center in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, is appropriately named. As the pregnancy center approaches its first anniversary on Aug. 1, Hope Haven is living
Former MBC executive director Don Wideman dies at 95
May 26, 2023
Former Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director Donald V. Wideman died May 3 at the age of 95. Wideman served as MBC executive director from 1987–1997.
Pennsylvania church urges new believers to take ‘next steps’
May 26, 2023
On Easter Sunday, Cross Creek Community Church Trucksville, Pennsylvania, saw 22 people put their faith in Christ — decisions that were made alongside preceding prayer
North Carolina BCH board chairman resigns amid animal cruelty charges
May 25, 2023
James David “Jim” Goldston III, chairman of the board of trustees for the Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina, has resigned from the board and
SWBTS calls special meeting to address trustee concerns
May 25, 2023
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will hold a special called meeting May 30 via Zoom to address concerns raised by trustees regarding lack of disclosure. The
Pastor behind ‘Fireproof,’ other faith-based films announces terminal diagnosis
May 24, 2023
Michael Catt, the groundbreaking Georgia pastor who served as executive producer of the Christian movies Flywheel, Facing the Giants, Fireproof and Courageous, is facing setbacks
Illinois Disaster Relief volunteer remembered by friends as caring, kind
May 24, 2023
It was a sea of yellow shirts at the funeral for Wayne Laechelt as Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers recently gathered at Crosspointe Church in
Retired Illinois pastor celebrates 100th birthday
May 23, 2023
Retired pastor Frank Marshall celebrated his 100th birthday on April 21. Nate Adams, Illinois Baptist State Association executive director, recently visited Marshall at First Baptist
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