
Ministers blend faith, career at annual retreat
Tennessee’s bivocational ministers gathered in the heart of the Smoky Mountains last month for a weekend of fellowship and renewal.

SBC 2024 preview: How to navigate this year’s annual meeting in Indy
If you’re a Southern Baptist who loves the business session of meetings, then buckle up for this year’s SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, June 11–12.

BGCT Exec Board eyes potential ‘fallout’ from SBC, plans to welcome ‘displaced churches’
With an eye toward potential fallout from the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting, the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board has affirmed the creation of a study group concerning out-of-state churches …

Groups pledge to sue over Ten Commandments displays
A coalition of civil liberties groups — including Americans United for Separation of Church and State — pledged to sue if Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs into law a bill mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public-school classrooms

Former MK shares how it ‘all started with VBS’
Each year, thousands of children gather at church for Vacation Bible School. Read this former IMB missionary kid’s experience with VBS overseas and how she was transformed by Christ through the work of faithful VBS teachers.

IMB videographer weighs risks, dangers while sharing ‘incredible stories’
As a multimedia specialist for the International Mission Board, I get a front row seat to incredible stories of how God is using our missionaries and partners around the world. I get to watch them work to eradicate lostness every day.

‘One of a kind’ music camp impacting students
Georgia Baptists recently held a music camp at Shorter University. The camp’s aim is to raise up the next generation of worship leaders.

First person: Responding to hurting people
Demeaning insecurities often plague us when trials invade our lives. We wonder if God still loves us. We worry that our pain is the direct result of our sin. We grieve what we perceive to be the absence of God in our lives.