
‘Memory of a lifetime’: Playing catch with baseball legend Willie Mays
Mark Tolbert shares his ‘memory of a lifetime,’ playing catch with Willie Mays. Mays passed away June 18 at the age of 93.

Fictional, but ‘very real’: Missouri church releases ‘Undefiled’ movie
Christian movie-goers are slowly becoming used to more faith-based films being available to watch at home or at the box office, but one Missouri church is taking matters into its own hands to release new films …

Opinion: To oppose Arizona’s Prop 139, simply look to Psalm 139
“Proposition 139, which stands diametrically-opposed to the tenets set forth in Psalm 139, will permanently etch an attack on human dignity and human life into the state constitution.”

Simple formula to keep, improve your church bulletin
In a modern, digital age, many churches are wondering if it is worth maintaining and distributing physical bulletins each week. Communication expert Mark MacDonald offers tips on how to produce a helpful printed bulletin.

Humanitarian crisis worsens in eastern Congo
Conditions continue to worsen dramatically in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 25.5 million people face the danger of hunger, a Baptist leader there said.

‘It was nuts’: Tornado interrupts prayer service, rips off church wall
“I have never done a job like this before — quite unique in just one wall being sucked off and the structure still standing,” said Mike Pickel of Crestview Baptist Church in Georgetown, Texas.

First person: Impacting the Middle East with global missionary partners
Through the International Mission Board, missionaries are allowed to travel the world and proclaim the gospel to all nations, even when they’re seemingly placed in an unlikely region.

GCR Task Force files (part 7): Robin Hood, ‘Dad in the room’ and the SBC Exec Comm
EDITOR’S NOTE — The Baptist Paper staff members continue their review of the audio files from the 2009–2010 meetings of