
Educators offer tips for foster parents, church preschool workers who care for children with trauma
When a new child enters your world — whether it’s a newly adopted son or daughter, a foster child or a new student in your church preschool — they often come broken from trauma. Here are some tips to help you meet them where they are.

First person: Remembering Lloyd Elder, Southern Baptist statesman
Lloyd Elder died Nov. 3 after a lengthy illness. Southern Baptists lost a statesman — and bivocational and small church pastors across the denomination lost a friend.

Bill to protect against forced conversions, marriages advances in Pakistan
A key committee of Pakistan’s Punjab Province Assembly on Monday (April 13) reportedly approved legislation that would help protect Christian

Explore the Bible Sunday School Lesson for July 17
HOPE 1 Kings 19:9–18 Alone? (9–10) Immediately after God accomplished a mighty victory through Elijah on the top of Mount

5 necessary safety steps for children’s, student ministry this summer
Ministry leaders everywhere are fueling up on caffeine and resting as they plan and prepare for the summer ahead! Summer

New Mexico hunger ministry offers temporal, eternal food to those in need
Matt Thackerson, the Baptist Convention of New Mexico’s Missions Mobilization Team leader, said the primary desire for these supported hunger ministries is to provide not just a “temporary hope” but also “eternal food.”

Study: Racial diversity and the Church
Over the past decade, churchgoers are more likely to see someone of a different ethnicity in their congregation but less likely to hear about that racial diversity from the pulpit.

Theater company points to gospel from stage
Across the country, Christian theater companies — including nationally recognized productions such as Sight & Sound Theatres — use live performance to present stories rooted in Scripture and faith.