
Georgia church baptizes 204 new believers so far this year
Cascade Hills Baptist Church, which on average has baptized someone every day since 2015, appears on track to have one

Sending Christmas joy to Native American communities in Oklahoma
For 30 years, First Baptist Church Epworth, Georgia, has taken shoeboxes to South Dakota, and now to Oklahoma. On Dec. 5, 37 church members traveled to the Muscogee-Seminole-Wichita Indian Baptist Association in Henryetta, Oklahoma, to deliver 1,904 shoeboxes so children could have a better Christmas.

Focusing on practical evangelism
The second round of Engage 6 evangelism gatherings brought together more than 400 pastors, ministry leaders and laypeople from across Georgia for hands-on training in practical evangelism.

Iran and addressing questions on Just War Theory
“Just War Theory is one of those issues kind of at a macro level where we think about how Christianity really has been the moral backbone of the western order.”

Panelists in Orlando address sexual exploitation, action steps for prevention
Anti-trafficking specialist Ashlee Lucas of The Tebow Group shared one instance of a Red Dot Map, a law enforcement visualization of computers in the U.S. accessing child sexual abuse material.

Mississippi Baptists ready to respond to water crisis in Jackson
The Mississippi Baptist Convention Board remained closed on Wednesday (Aug. 31) as a result of excessive rain and issues at

10-year-old raises $28,000 to build 4 churches in Haiti
Fourth-grader Kate Hancock raised $28,000 by selling hot cider on two weekends, surpassing her initial goal of $7,000, to fund the construction of four churches in Haiti.

‘Spontaneous revival’: baptisms, memberships and more at New Home Baptist Church
The spontaneous revival that started that night — and ran for two more nights — resulted in changed lives as baptisms were held four consecutive Sundays, new members joined the church and a renewed emphasis on reaching the area …