
BGAV elects officers, approves budget for 2025
Messengers to the Baptist General Association of Virginia’s annual meeting at FBC Alexandria approved its budget for 2025, elected officers and approved several other items for the upcoming year during the Nov. 13 morning business session.

NM volunteers bring hope to Florida hurricane survivors
A team of New Mexico Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers provided crucial aid in Florida after Hurricane Milton struck in October 2024. Arriving in October, the group of 10 worked served for nearly two weeks in the state.

North Carolina church hosts booth at tailgate market
Each Tuesday afternoon from April to November, the West Asheville Tailgate Market sets up in the parking lot of Grace

Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for November 14
Confidence After We Fail Gen. 16:1-17:19 Don’t take matters into your own hands. (16:1–5) This is “strike two” for Abram

How to celebrate ‘Kingdom progress’ in 2032
If your association catches a vision for imagining itself in the lead missional role in the denomination by the year 2033, you will be proactively different.

Southern Baptists defeat motion to abolish the ERLC
Messengers to the SBC annual meeting in Dallas voted 3,744 (56.89 percent) to 2,819 (42.84 percent) on June 11 to reject a motion introduced by Willy Rice of Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater, Fla., to abolish the ERLC.

Churches use after-school evangelism clubs to share gospel with students
Some Georgia Baptist Churches are partnering with Good News Clubs to evangelize boys and girls with the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, disciple them in the Word of God, and establish them in a local church for Christian living.

Explore the Bible Sunday School Lesson for Nov. 16
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for November 16, written by Darrell Nimmo, retired pastor living in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.