
Teaching resource for Lifeway’s Explore the Bible lesson for May 31
Ideas and questions to help group members and leaders study and teach Matthew 27:27–54

Pastor’s ‘Grounded’ podcast impacting lives
Scott Cates, a Georgia Baptist pastor, is touching thousands of lives from Tiger, a town that sits at the base of 2,856-foot Tiger Mountain, a prominent Blue Ridge Mountain peak in the far northeast corner of Georgia.

From NFL and NASCAR to a boxing gym, missionaries create friendships with purpose
Asa and Vanessa Watson serve with the IMB in Germany. They host people in their homes and provide a safe space for frank questions and vulnerability in conversation.

Wyoming church files discrimination complaint against food bank
A Wyoming church, who serves thousands of individuals through its food pantry ministry, says its partnership with a food bank was cancelled over its religious teachings.

Billy Graham’s 1957 ‘marathon’ crusade in ‘The Big Apple’
On this day 69 years ago, the late Rev. Billy Graham concluded a Crusade that lasted nearly 16 weeks— beginning May 15, 1957, and ending Sept. 1 — and further solidified the preacher’s status as the leading evangelist of his era.

Vietnamese Baptist church launches following ‘radical obedience’
No one knew there was a need for a new Vietnamese church in Jacksonville, Florida, but when a Vietnamese businessman

Dogs offer 9/11 memorial visitors comfort for the 25th anniversary
Unfortunately, the invitations come when disaster strikes. For Sheila and Hope Animal Assisted Crisis Response, the dogs they train help

Billy Graham’s granddaughter tapped for religious freedom ambassador
The White House has nominated Cissie Graham Lynch, the granddaughter and daughter of evangelists Billy and Franklin Graham, respectively, to serve as the next U.S. ambassador at large for international religious freedom.