
Exec Comm presidential search team announces new candidate ‘is emerging’
The search team for the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has announced that an “excellent” candidate “is emerging.”

‘Eternal impact’: Serve Tour Armenia volunteers use health care to show, tell Jesus’ love
The trio struggled up the stairs of city hall in an Armenian village. The mother heard a medical team from the United States was seeing patients for free.

‘First responder’: Ministry assistants offer key contributions for churches
Church secretaries/ministry assistants make invaluable contributions “behind the scenes,” affirmed Julia Binford, president of the Tennessee Baptist Secretaries Association.

‘I need this’: Shorter University football team celebrates 48 decisions, 17 baptisms
Close to 50 football players on the team at Shorter University made decisions for Christ this year before the season started, and 17 followed through with believer’s baptism.

Veteran’s Day: He had a front-row seat to history, twice
Not many people have had even one front-row seat to watch history unfolding before their eyes. Retired Col. Jerry Whiteside, U.S. Army, 87, has had two notable ones.

California wildfires: DR volunteers eyeing upcoming recovery efforts
As wildfires in California continue to threaten lives and homes, personal property recovery efforts are expected to begin in the coming weeks after fires are contained, Disaster Relief leaders report.

‘Forever grateful’: IMB missionary returns to Uganda after cancer battle
“Cancer is shocking period,” said IMB missionary Rebekah Lockhart. “But coming from complete health and in my early 40s, it was even crazier.”

Missions efforts in Eastern Europe receive support from Slavic churches in U.S.
People aren’t lining up to be missionaries in Ukraine right now, as Lamar Schubert has discovered. He and his wife Aubrey work with Slavic people and Eastern European churches, but they had to evacuate Ukraine when war began …