
FL church blesses community with food pantry ministry, Thanksgiving dinner
Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and green beans were on the menu at First Baptist Church Eastpoint, Florida’s annual community-wide Thanksgiving dinner.

Arise & Build Task Force making ‘significant progress’ in East Tennessee
“We’ve still got some people living in tents. We’ve got to keep working diligently to get people back in houses,” said Randy Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.

Your Voice: Actions are essential for Christian unity
By Ruba Rihani Special to The Baptist Paper International Human Rights Day, observed Dec. 10, coincides with the Christmas holidays

26-year-old demonstrates heart for his neighborhood by organizing job fair
Lamar Benefield says when he was growing up he didn’t see a lot of doctors, lawyers or judges around. “We

Students learning ‘God is greater’ than the darkness
“The Baptist Collegiate Ministries across Florida play a strategic role in reaching students on campus and connecting them to local Florida Baptist churches,” said Nathan Schneider, Florida Baptists’ next generation ministry lead catalyst.

There’s no place like home for Virginia church
After meeting in rented space for almost two decades, the church family of Northstar Church of Blacksburg, Virginia, has a

Worship Initiative partners with schools to train musicians
“There’s nothing quite like the training and resourcing platform that we provide,” said Robbie Seay, executive vice president of leader development and content at the Worship Initiative.

NAMB highlights of 2022 feature expansion of church plants, compassion ministry
Southern Baptists and the North American Mission Board had a record-setting church planting year in 2022 as Send Network entered