
‘Serving the Lord wholeheartedly’: East Texas man building children’s home in India
Andrew “AJ” Ireton owns a small construction company in Van Zandt County, but his clients know he won’t be available for a couple of months. The Baptist layman will be building a children’s home in eastern India.

A pastor’s love: Georgia pastor gives kidney to member of congregation
Responses vary when people hear that Summit Baptist Church associate pastor Jimmy Slick in Acworth, Georgia, donated one of his

Survey seen as another effort to ‘strangle religious belief’
Officials of China’s Shandong province are requiring students and their families to complete surveys detailing information about each individual’s religious beliefs and activities.

‘For two years, we are tired’: ‘Prince of Peace’ only hope for Israel and Hamas, Messianic leaders say
Avi Mizrachi, a Messianic believer and founding pastor of Adonai Roi Congregation in Tel Aviv, finds it difficult to commemorate the Oct. 7 second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.

Litton reflects on lessons as SBC president, decision not to seek second term
Following his decision to not seek a second term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Ed Litton took time

Supreme Court to consider case that could overturn same-sex ‘marriage’
The U.S. Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors Friday (Nov. 7) to consider an appeal from former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis. She is urging the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 decision legalizing same-sex “marriage” nationwide.

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.”

Southeastern Seminary’s 3rd president, Randall Lolley, passes away at 90
The community of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and The College at Southeastern remembers William Randall Lolley, the third president of