Growing up, Austin Mathis didn’t know many pastors who held jobs outside their pastoral roles. So, naturally, when he felt God’s call to plant a church in 2014, Austin didn’t picture himself pastoring while also starting a business and …
Eddie Lopez of First Baptist Church Forney, Texas, en Español announced May 30 he will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He will be nominated by Matt Kendrick, pastor of Redemption City Church.
The Baptist Paper reached out to each of the six individuals who have announced intentions to be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, June 11–12.
Mike Palmer recognized the dearth of pastors and other church leaders at least 15 years ago, not quite halfway into his now 27-year pastorate at Salmon Valley Baptist Church Salmon, Idaho.
While the state of Texas continues to be a missions field, it is also a missions base from which individuals are sent to go and make disciples. The Center for Missional Engagement is helping Texas Baptists churches explore opportunities…
Longtime International Mission Board leader Clyde D. Meador died April 26, 2024. He was 79.
The melody was the same, but the voices united in worship sang in numerous languages. “Then sings my soul,” sang a group in Arabic. Deaf believers lifted hands to sign “My Savior, God to thee, how great Thou Art.”
Beginning this year, First Baptist Church Shelbyville, Tennessee, is launching an effort to start five ethnic churches in Bedford County over the next 15 years.
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