
California wildfires: DR volunteers eyeing upcoming recovery efforts
As wildfires in California continue to threaten lives and homes, personal property recovery efforts are expected to begin in the coming weeks after fires are contained, Disaster Relief leaders report.

Study: Same-sex marriage and where pastors stand today
While support for same-sex marriage among churches has remained statistically unchanged in recent years, there are still divides, most notably between mainline protestants and evangelicals.

Missions efforts in Eastern Europe receive support from Slavic churches in U.S.
People aren’t lining up to be missionaries in Ukraine right now, as Lamar Schubert has discovered. He and his wife Aubrey work with Slavic people and Eastern European churches, but they had to evacuate Ukraine when war began …

Church’s surplus enables shipment of Bibles to the Congo
An East Texas church’s year-end surplus enabled Baptist World Alliance partners to deliver thousands of Bibles to people in a rural area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

New book marks CP centennial, explores ‘next era’ of cooperation
“What will that connection look like tomorrow?” asks Chris Forbes, author of new book on the future of Southern Baptist cooperative giving. “The future doesn’t arrive on its own. It’s shaped by decisions we make today.”

Pastor’s ‘anywhere’ prayer leads to blessings in small community
When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the homeless mission he pastored in Savannah, Georgia, Brandon Davis told the Lord he would “go anywhere you need me.” That commitment led him to Booneville, Kentucky, population 161.

Lifeway’s Ben Mandrell to preach in view of a call July 13 at Bellevue
The pastor search committee at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tennessee, has unanimously recommended that Ben Mandrell, CEO of Lifeway Christian Resources become the church’s next senior pastor.

Your Voice: Do we walk by faith or by sight?
First-person articles, comments, letters to the editor, blog excerpts, social media posts and more …