Messengers to the Baptist General Association of Virginia kicked off their Tuesday morning session (Nov. 12), which included a proposed budget increase and an update from the task force on women in ministry.
W. Thomas Hammond, Jr., executive director of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, and Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board, announced a new partnership Sunday night with the aim of planting more churches in Georgia.
The first main session of the BGAV 2024 annual meeting took place Nov. 11 with an evening worship service at First Baptist Church Alexandria. This year’s annual meeting is centered around the theme “Free Indeed” based in John 8:36.
The three-minute video – a throwback to 1940s-style animation – tells the story of a young boy God has called to the mission field. And that’s where the Cooperative Program comes to the rescue.
On Nov. 10, New Vision Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, hosted a Sending Celebration that featured 49 newly appointed missionaries. The IMB event kicked off the Tennessee Baptist Convention’s annual meeting.
The Baptist General Association of Virginia is gathering this week for its 201st meeting — while also continuing to blaze a trail with online voting for offsite messengers during its business sessions.
Not many people have had even one front-row seat to watch history unfolding before their eyes. Retired Col. Jerry Whiteside, U.S. Army, 87, has had two notable ones.
Matt Queen, a former interim provost at Southwestern Seminary, has resigned as pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist in Greensboro, N.C., three weeks after pleading guilty to a charge of making false statements to federal investigators.
High school students and community members recently flooded the gym of Salem High School for a Real Encounter Outreach event in Missouri.
Iowa Baptists are “redeploying” their Disaster Relief, announced Iowa DR Coordinator Gared Shaffer during their annual meeting Nov. 1–2 at First Family Church in Ankeny. Shaffer shared the success of recent training and deployments …
