
‘Together for the Nations’ event increases commitment to reach global lost
The International Mission Board announced a new initiative to include more partners in the task of bringing the gospel to the

Lifeway Sunday School director offers suggestions for fall reopenings
Determining how to kick off a new Sunday School year amid an ongoing pandemic has many church leaders thinking carefully

Mississippi Baptists commit $50,000 in relief to Haiti/Afghanistan
The executive committee of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, meeting Aug. 24 at Garaywa Camp and Conference in Clinton, unanimously

New beginnings: 10 spiritual guidelines to help maintain goals
January is the month for setting new goals and creating change in our life. However, a recent study shows that 80% (abc.columbia.com) of people who start, disregard those good intentions by February.

FL missions team focuses on training, prayer and making connections in Honduras
The seven-person team from First Baptist Church Crestview, Florida, traveled on “rough roads, through mud and rocks” in a recent missions

Longtime California Baptist leader Fermín Whittaker dies at 83
Fermín A. Whittaker, the longest-tenured executive director of California Southern Baptist Convention, died Friday, Feb. 7.

BGCT board approves insurance program for churches needing relief
The program is intended to provide relief to Texas Baptists churches experiencing significant insurance premium increases and coverage cancelations and to reinvest earnings to further convention ministry.

To our SBC family: An open letter from fellow SBC pastors
We, the undersigned, are Southern Baptist pastors and leaders who love our family of churches and who are grateful for the hard-won complementarian commitments expressed in the Baptist Faith & Message.