
COVID temporarily shuts down one of the Disaster Relief command centers
When Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams arrive in the days following storms, they strategically set up Incident Command Centers at

NC city withdraws ban of church ads on buses
The city of Durham, North Carolina, which barred a church advertisement from appearing on city buses, withdrew its ban after the church sent a demand letter claiming First Amendment violations.

Tips for engaging, retaining students at your church
Engaging students at your church is critical to retaining them throughout their school years and into young adult life. But

SBC 2021: Weekend recap (June 12-13)
Southern Baptists have converged on Nashville for the 2021 Annual Meeting and all the related events and meetings, and here’s

Church starts new year with 74-hour public reading of entire Bible
Many Christians make a New Year’s resolution to read the entire Bible during the year. One church in southeastern North Carolina did it during the first weekend of 2026.

Chinese human rights lawyer arrested in Laos, needs ‘prayer support’
Some Texas-based advocates for persecuted religious groups fear Lu Siwei — a Chinese human rights lawyer arrested in Laos last

Nebraska scraps sex education, gender identity lessons after uproar
Nebraska education officials announced July 29 that they have largely scrapped plans for gender identity lessons in public school curriculum

Retired SWBTS music theory professor dies at 83
Janis Nutt Watkins, retired associate professor of music theory at Southwestern Seminary, died Aug. 9. She was 83.