
Two TN groups return from Israel; a 3rd still awaits trip home
“I have seen lots of smiles and looks of relief on everyone’s faces [following their return from Israel],” one church member of Sunnyside Baptist Church in Kingsport noted.

Islamic attackers beat three Christians in Uganda
Three Christians were beaten by Muslim perpetrators in separate incidents in eastern Uganda, Morning Star News reported. In Namutimba District,

First person: Realizing the power of our words
Gossip is destructive to the church, erodes the fellowship, and undermines God’s activity.

NAMB celebrates milestone of Who’s Your One evangelism campaign
The North American Mission Board is celebrating that more than 50,000 people had, through the Who’s Your One evangelism campaign,

Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for Sept. 14
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for September 14, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.

GCR Task Force audio files (part 6): Reaching the world and ‘pulling gum out of an angora sweater’
EDITOR’S NOTE — The Baptist Paper staff members continue their review of the audio files from the 2009–2010 meetings of

‘We keep hoping things will get better’: Last pastor forced out of war-torn Sudanese city
A priest of the Anglican Church of Sudan who stayed in El-Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur, to serve Christians remaining there is now homeless after paramilitary violence forced him out of his church.

Blending two worlds: GA communications director serves churches through ministry as revivalist, digital specialist
For the first two years of their marriage, Scott Smith and his wife, Scarlet, lived out of hotel rooms in