UPDATED: MBCH mourns loss of president Juston Gates
May 5, 2026
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
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‘Persevere through pain’: Former missionary urges women to go from ‘pain to purpose’
May 5, 2026
“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.”
Celebrating ‘New Life’ with nearly 200 baptisms in Tennessee
May 5, 2026
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 not planning to operate during summer 2026
May 4, 2026
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.
First person: Entire family impacted when missions becomes ‘non-negotiable’
May 4, 2026
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.
Bible reading marathon: Word of God is ‘only thing that will heal our community’
May 3, 2026
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.
Retired pastor giving pastors a break through no-cost sabbatical ministry
May 1, 2026
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.
‘Chains broken’: 12 Louisiana inmates baptized into new life
May 1, 2026
A spiritual awakening is taking place inside Franklin Parish Detention Center, with 12 incarcerated men celebrating freedom in Christ through baptism on April 12.
Tennessee WMU gathers for missions-focused fellowship
April 30, 2026
The Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union gathered at First Baptist Church, Dickson, April 17-18 for its annual Missions Get-Together.
Pastors urged to teach challenging books of Bible
April 30, 2026
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.
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