
Leadership famine: 5 things your church can do
In recent decades the focus in the church has shifted away from intentional efforts to invite believers to consider vocational ministry as a calling. As a result, there’s a leadership famine in our local churches.

Baptism Sunday: Southern Baptists ready for April 24
Southern Baptists across the nation will celebrate Baptism Sunday on Sunday (April 24) as a way of recognizing the first

80-year-old ultramarathoner strives to ‘point to God’
Some people might describe Maurice Robinson as a little crazy — well, maybe really crazy. After all it’s not every

‘God’s blessing’ the key to Georgia church’s turnaround after almost shuttering
Boxes of Kleenex are always at the ready in the sanctuary of McFarland Hill Baptist Church. They’re for wiping tears of joy among a growing congregation that nearly ceased to exist just more than a decade ago.

SBC Cooperative Program giving tops $200 million for missions, ministry
The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee announced Wednesday (Oct. 5) that Southern Baptists had given more than $200 million through

First person: Joys of Christmas — Keepsakes and memories
One of the beauties of Christmas is that it inspires thoughts about family and friends who once shared the season with us and filled our hearts with warm memories.

‘We never stop training’: 12 new churches planted in Zambia; IMB missionaries equipping local believers
It was the first service as a church and excitement showed on everyone’s faces. They’d been working up to this

Pastor fears other Christians will be wrongfully imprisoned in Nepal
A pastor convicted for handing out gospel tracts fears that the precedent of his case will result in other Christians being wrongfully imprisoned.