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‘I need to go to seminary’: Theological equipping among the ‘Speller Bros’

December 10, 2024

From a young age, Seth experienced the world very differently than those around him.

Fundraiser for Helene survivors bowls a strike

December 9, 2024

Zan Taylor, a layman and director of maintenance at West End Baptist Church in Newport, Tennessee, simply obeyed when he felt the Lord calling him to raise funds for flood victims from Hurricane Helene.

Help to the hurting: Ministry Resource Center supplies ‘necessities of life’ to those in need

December 9, 2024

Hillcrest Ministry Resource Center of the Columbus Baptist Association in Georgia has a food bank and a clothing closet that is available to those who are in need — and they work hard to supply the necessities of life to those in need.

First person: Celebrating $1.5 billion of giving

December 7, 2024

Randy Davis, executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, shares thoughts on the significance of celebrating 150 years of the Tennessee Baptist Convention and the 100th anniversary of the SBC’s Cooperative Program.

Tennessee church reaches out to women in crisis with Safe Haven Baby Box

December 7, 2024

As of July 2022, Secret Safe Place for Newborns of Tennessee says more than 100 babies have been surrendered to facilities in Tennessee since the law was enacted, the Knoxville News-Sentinel reported.

Growing quilting ministry helps women, children in need

December 7, 2024

“Pat’s Saturday Sew Day” is the Grover Park Baptist Church quilt ministry in Warrensburg, Missouri, and in less than two years, it has given away 277 quilts and counting.

Six homes in four days: Helene survivors back in homes

December 6, 2024

Six families in Greene County whose homes were heavily damaged and their lives were disrupted by Hurricane Helene were back in their homes on Thanksgiving

Texas missions leader Joy Fenner dies at 89

December 6, 2024

Joy Fenner, a Baptist missionary, Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas leader and the first woman elected as president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, died Nov. 29 in Dallas. She was 89.