In the wake of various sexual abuse scandals, many churches are weighing the importance of background checks in their hiring processes and working to find the way to best protect children within the church.
This summer, messengers from the Southern Baptist Convention will gather in Indianapolis to vote on an amendment to the Convention’s constitution which aims to more closely define the role of pastor …
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.
Churches are the foundational building block for Christian ministry. Everything else should complement and support church ministry, says George Bullard, who has spent 45 years in denominational ministry.
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…
The Off the Grid Institute, a ministry of the Tennessee Baptist Conference Centers, will sponsor a one-day seminar on May 14 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport.
Newly finalized federal rules could threaten the ability of Sunrise Children’s Services in Kentucky and other faith-based agencies to place children in foster care.
The upcoming recommendations “are crafted with the desire to satisfy the intent of the motion to move forward together in ‘biblical fidelity’ by safeguarding our adopted statement of faith and ‘missional clarity,'” says chair Jared Wellman.
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