
First person: Why ‘first 48 hours’ on college campus are crucial
The first 48 hours of a student’s time on a college campus are some of the most important hours that a student will ever go through in their life.

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.

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

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.

Church partnership displays ‘great picture of the diversity’ in St. Louis
The world is the neighborhood of Bayless Baptist Church in St. Louis. In fact, that world is in the building

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.

Korean Baptist church takes gospel witness to public safety festival
“Jesus changed my life. Ask me how.” That’s what members of Sugarloaf Korean Baptist Church of Suwanee said to the hundreds of people they approached at the Gwinnett Public Safety Fall Festival in Lawrenceville on Sept. 27.