Law Amendment fails on second vote by SBC messengers
In a highly anticipated vote on the final day of this year’s SBC Annual Meeting, messengers narrowly defeated the proposed Law Amendment which specified that only men can serve “as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by Scripture.”
Update: World Vision wins sex discrimination case in appeals court
A federal appellate court ruled in favor of World Vision, a global Christian relief and development organization, last week, saying
Language learning a critical factor for IMB missionaries spreading gospel
When they first arrive on the mission field, Journeymen study the language full-time for several months, but they don’t wait around for ministry opportunities.
Pressley urges SBC Executive Committee to ‘walk worthy of the calling’
Preaching from Ephesians 4, Clint Pressley shared with the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Monday evening (Sept. 22) what it looks like to “Walk Worthy,” which is the theme of the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando.
Rolling Fork church helps assemble over 2,000 disaster relief buckets
God’s Pit Crew and First Baptist Church Rolling Fork, Mississippi, recently partnered for a large-scale mobile Blessing Bucket packing assembly, resulting in the preparation of more than 1,000 Blessing Buckets and 1,000 children’s Play Pails for future disaster response efforts.
Missions team helps churches provide clean water in Cuba
A group from Crosspoint Church in McKinney, Texas, recently supplied rural Cuban churches with water filters, an act that was met with much gratitude from the recipients.
Pakistan among worst violators of religious freedom, USCIRF says
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom again has recommended that the State Department designate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern,” citing the country’s blasphemy laws as a prime reason.
Rashional Thoughts: Remembering 9/11 and how we faced the result of it
Flipping back through my 2001 mementos, I found a note I had written on Sept. 11: “Life freezes for Americans.