
Looking for a leader? What to look for in your ‘next.’
Looking for a new leader? Cory Bramlett, associate pastor at Mountain Ridge Church in Glendale, had some advice on that during the breakout session “What should I be looking for in my ‘next’?” at the Who’s Your Next? Conference, recently hosted by the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention.

Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for March 24
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for March 24, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.

Louisiana church’s Bible reading marathon ‘highly engaging’
Nearly 150 staff and members with First Baptist Church, Mandeville, Louisiana, gathered inside the worship center to read all the way through the Bible.

‘Remarkably different’: KY pastor laid to rest during total solar eclipse
Long-time Kentucky Baptist pastor Jack Studie died April 4 at age 76 — but it’s a photo from his graveside service that is “remarkably different” than the norm.

‘Here to serve new church planters’: Michigan church planting leader tells story, outlines growth in state
In 1974, Tony Lynn heard the gospel from a bivocational pastor at First Baptist Church Swartz Creek, Michigan. As a

Three Christians detained, tortured in Sudan
Three Christians were detained and tortured for weeks in southern Sudan after soldiers at a Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoint found one of them carrying a Bible, one of the victims said.

Study shows U.S. Protestants less vocal about faith
A new study found that American Protestant Christians are increasingly less likely to talk about their faith with non-Christians and hesitant to discuss spiritual beliefs even with fellow Christians.

30 years later: Southern Baptists recall Hurricane Andrew as disaster relief turning point
Mickey Caison and his team of South Carolina Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers were exhausted when they pulled into First Baptist