Yeats receives MBTS Presidential Merit award
Midwestern Seminary presented the 2023 Presidential Merit Award to this year’s recipient — John Yeats. The presentation was made during the seminary’s Alumni & Friends
Your Voice: ‘Will we be on mission together?’
Yellow ballots went up across the convention center in New Orleans on June 14 during the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting’s convention sermon — but
Pursue righteousness with eagerness, Shaddix urges pastors
At a time when many want to live as close as possible to the line between Christianity and the world, Matthew 5:6 compels us to
Pastors should choose humility, be ‘ministry sherpas,’ Hebert says
In 2016, the world watched as American mountaineers Cory Richards and Adrian Ballinger tried to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. Richards made it; Ballinger
Pastors Conference updates fundraising with endowment
The officers of the 2023 Southern Baptist Pastors Conference have partnered with the Southern Baptist Foundation to create an endowment that will allow the event
Mourning, joy both vital for believers, preachers say at Pastors Conference
“Everything in our flesh wants to run from mourning,” Phil Waldrep preached in New Orleans June 11. But mourning aligns the heart of a Christian
WMU celebrates testimonies of hope, reelects Dixon president
“When people abide in Christ, others’ lives are transformed,” said Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director of national Woman’s Missionary Union. That’s what the first day of
Sex abuse reform task force members share sneak peek to coming resource
Three members of the SBC’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force spent a little over an hour sharing with about 50 associational leaders and others Sunday
‘Poor in spirit’ can’t coexist with ‘rich in pride,’ Allen tells pastors
One day when Adrian Rogers was in high school, he walked up and down his football practice field and prayed for God to use his
When pastors truly love, it can ‘change the world,’ Stephens tells Pastors Conference
Jarrett Stephens prayed for his brother to come to know Jesus for 17 years, and in 2013, he got the joy of baptizing him. “What
Salvations, first responder appreciation lunch among Crossover efforts in Covington
Two Covington, Louisiana, churches took Jesus to the streets of their community June 10 and subsequently saw five individuals come to Christ and many others
Celebration Church baptizes 17 during Crossover block party
Seventeen people went all in for Jesus on June 10, participating in believer’s baptism during a block party at Celebration Church’s Lower St. Bernard campus
Seminary teams serving in New Orleans through Crossover see lives changed
Sharing Jesus in New Orleans can be as unique as the city itself. In a place filled with people from other worldviews and religions, students
Preparing for the discussions surrounding #SBC23
Church and associational leaders have an opportunity to learn from history as they gather for and return from the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting in New