
‘New beginning’: Pastors, leaders connect at Arabic Baptist Pastors Conference
A group of Southern Baptists of Texas Convention pastors and leaders recently attended the second-annual Arabic Baptist Pastors Conference. The

Pressley calls for patience, ‘a unified front’ in president’s address to messengers
SBC President Clint Pressley preached from Ephesians 4 in his address to messengers at the Annual Meeting in Orlando June 9, calling for vigilance in biblical doctrine, but also a spirit of humility in the body.

GCR Task Force files (part 5): Saving NAMB
EDITOR’S NOTE — The Baptist Paper staff members continue their review of the audio files from the 2009–2010 meetings of

Egyptian government grants legal status to nearly 200 churches
The Egyptian government granted legal status to 191 churches and church-affiliated buildings, pointing to the nation’s greater efforts to remedy the non-licensed statuses of thousands of Christian congregations.

Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for June 1
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for June 1, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.

Opinion: 21 notes about the Mohler Amendment
Griffin Gulledge of The Baptist Review shares thoughts on Mohler Amendment.

Missions houses at MS church become home away from home for furloughed missionaries
Columbia, Mississippi, wasn’t originally home for Tom and Gloria Thurman. But thanks to a ministry at First Baptist Church Columbia

First person: 10 signs that ministry may be your idol
I started full-time ministry at 20 years old, and I quickly grew enamored with the excitement and the perceived prestige of ministry. I would never have admitted it then, but I made ministry my idol – and I confess that I still run that risk this many years later.