‘We will go and tell’: IMB Sending Celebration appoints 49 missionaries
A total of 49 individuals who answered God’s call on their lives and were appointed as International Mission Board missionaries during the Sending Celebration Nov. 14 at Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa, Florida.
BCNE makes history, elects Brazilian pastor president
The Baptist Churches of New England made history Nov. 4 when they elected Lierte Soares Jr., a Massachusetts pastor from Brazil, as their president.
Mountain tragedy draws two churches together across Arizona, Illinois
“While this tragedy has made us all heartsick, the Father has used it to knit the hearts of our two congregations together around this mission to not just build a home but to bring the gospel to those who need Christ,” —Pastor Brian McCoy
New directors announced at Mississippi Baptist Convention Board
The Mississippi Baptist Convention Board has recently called two new staff members — John Maxey as director of church planting and revitalization and Kris Smith as director of worship ministries.
Bellevue pastor Steve Gaines diagnosed with kidney cancer
“I speak for our entire Tennessee network of churches when I say that we are praying for our friends, Steve and Donna, their children and grandchildren, and the Bellevue family,” said Randy C. Davis of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.
Inaugural Arizona African American Fellowship installs first president
Pastors and church members from across Arizona recently gathered at Broadway Missionary Baptist Church in Phoenix to celebrate a milestone event.
Indonesian town revokes permit for Christian school to be built
Officials of an Indonesian town verbally revoked permission for construction of a Christian school after Muslim groups marched in protest of the project.
International students across Arkansas reached with weekend getaway
The weekend getaway gives international students an opportunity to meet Americans who are “not their professor or school administrator, and have conversations in a non-threatening way.”