SBC messengers vote to disaffiliate with Virginia Baptist congregation
Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting voted June 11 to disaffiliate with First Baptist Church Alexandria, Virginia, by a ballot vote of 6,759 (91.78 percent) to 563 (7.65 percent).
Barrett Duke retires as Montana exec, search team begins work
Barrett Duke has retired as executive director of the Montana Southern Baptist Convention after more than eight years of leadership.
Perfect storm: Major insurance agencies dropping churches as disasters pile up
An ongoing wave of disasters — Gulf Coast hurricanes, wildfires in California, severe thunderstorms and flooding in the Midwest — along with skyrocketing construction costs post-COVID have left the insurance industry reeling.
Church plant builds community bonds in preparation for launch
Change City Church — an upcoming church plant in Ohio — is working to make a connection with their community before the church’s launch in January 2025 by getting to know people and providing for their needs.
‘This is our time,’ reports Romanian Baptist pastor of relief, discipleship efforts among refugees
Pastor Sabin Boruga deletes the photos as quickly as they pop into his WhatsApp group text. The images of horrific
First person: Ways to pray as a new school year begins
School is a challenge, for teachers and students. Check out some of the specific ways you can pray as we start a new school year.
EC Legal Strategies Committee gives preliminary report
Legal Strategies Committee chair Josh Hetzler of Virginia assured EC members they are working “expeditiously” and understand the “urgency” of the matter.
Navigating cultural issues: 200 students at youth apologetics conference
“At the end of the day, God is the originator, designer and inventor of it all,” said Pruitt, national Next Gen director for the North American Mission Board. “He also gets to define what things are.”