TX pastor raises stakes of missions challenge, loses beard in process
What began as a joke made in front of a rural Texas congregation ended with a gift of more than $26,000 contributed to enable Texas Baptist Men and their ministry partners to drill new water wells in Peru.
Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief responding after deadly storms
Teams are assessing damage and planning how to best respond after storms swept through the state Dec. 9.
‘We could do this’: TN Baptists display ready-to-roll dental clinic
The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board’s mobile dental clinic will soon be ready to roll across the state.
Church revitalization helps dying church become ‘beacon of hope’ in community
“When I learned about PAVE, I decided to go learn more. I refused to pull the plug on [Saint Luke],” said one San Antonio pastor. “It was like CPR to revive us. The program, for me, has been a godsend.”
Illinois AG agrees not to enforce new state restrictions on pregnancy resource centers
Illinois AG Kwame Raoul said he will not prosecute operators of pro-life pregnancy resource centers under a new consumer fraud law after a federal judge called the “deceptive practices” law “stupid and very likely unconstitutional.”
IMB missionaries reaching remote Angolans with transformative hope
“There’s a reason the unreached are unreached, and it’s not always because they’re resistant to the gospel or unresponsive. Sometimes it’s an issue of accessibility,” said IMB missionary Steve Evans.
First person: Christmas and spiritual warfare
Like a lot of Christians, I have a complicated relationship with the reality of spiritual warfare. If I label a trial or struggle as such, isn’t that a little presumptuous?
Explainer: Supreme Court and arguments surrounding use of chemical abortion drugs
On Dec. 13, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in the FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and will hear oral arguments in the case this term. In August, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled …