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National Adoption Month: Encouragement for the adoptive family
For many, adoption brings up the mental image of a courtroom full of smiling faces as the process is finalized. It is good to rejoice when kids are legally joined to their forever family. Children need and deserve family and permanence.
Death toll rising in Myanmar after 7.7-magnitude earthquake
Rescue workers continue to search through the rubble in Myanmar following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck on Friday (March 28). More than 1,700 people are believed to be dead.
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).
Officers elected during SBC annual meeting in Dallas
In addition to electing North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley for a second term as Southern Baptist Convention president, messengers to the annual meeting June 10–11 in Dallas elected a slate of other leaders.
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.
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.