Ten Commandments battle spreads in TX over new law
A federal judge ordered 14 Texas school districts to remove Ten Commandments displays from classrooms by Dec. 1, ruling unconstitutional a new state law that has required the displays since September.
First person: Do church planters need more ‘early risk’ for later success?
Today, with so many networks out there that pay salary and set church planters up with insurance, mentoring advice and building expenses, much of the risk of launching a church has been eliminated. I’m wondering if that risk is needed.
IMB explorers search for people groups in remote parts of Amazon
Project 3000 explorers will journey into the unknown to find out where the unengaged and unreached people live. They will learn about their culture, discern their literacy, develop ministry strategies and find people to partner with …
Resumés for Alabama’s executive director being accepted
Seven weeks — that’s the plan for the pool of candidates to be finalized for the transition and search team to consider as the next executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.
SBC Executive Committee follow-up meeting underway
The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention is meeting this afternoon (Sept. 28) in a called virtual board meeting,
‘Every believer involved’: KY church baptizes more than 700 this year
At Hillvue Heights Church, sharing the gospel “is a way of life,” says lead pastor Steve Ayers of the Bowling Green, Kentucky, church. That has resulted in the church baptizing 703 people this year.
New believer finds recovery, his calling through a church plant
EDITOR’S NOTE: This year’s Week of Prayer for North American Missions is March 1–8 and is focused on the theme
Hunt denies allegations of abuse, clarifies story after initial response
One of Southern Baptists’ popular preachers, Johnny Hunt, has found himself in a “he said, she said” situation but resigned