
First person: Unique gift ideas to show appreciation for your pastor
We have a few weeks left in Pastor Appreciation Month. As I think about this month, I’m reminded of some

ERLC likely to be targeted again at SBC Annual Meeting
Debate about the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and whether it should continue has repeatedly surfaced at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meetings in recent years.

Freshmen & faith: The road ahead at college
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part 1 in a three-part series on the spiritual challenges college students face their freshmen year of college.

Barber announces new ARITF chairman, Cooperation Group
SBC president announces new ARITF chairman, Josh Wester; Cooperation Group formed to study ‘friendly cooperation,’ church autonomy in convention.

Study: Nearly half of churchgoers attend more than one church
Researchers for the multiyear Hartford Institute for Religion Research study found that 46% of some 24,000 churchgoers responding to their survey reported active engagement with more than one church.

Big victory: 18 Carson-Newman football players baptized in creek
Members of the Carson-Newman University campus community gathered on the banks of Mossy Creek after 18 Eagles football players made decisions to be baptized in the historic waters.

‘Thankful’: Fred Luter reflects on retirement plans
“Thankful.” That was one word Fred Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans, used as he reflected on

Christians killed in Northwest Nigeria, while homes burned in the Northeast
Seven Christians, including a 12-year-old boy, were mourned on Saturday (Nov. 8) after they were killed in an attack in Kaduna State, Nigeria, the same day Islamic extremists burned homes and a church building in Borno State.