
First person: How one college campus spends its summers
Summertime on a college campus is fairly calm with students gone, even though we’re hard at work on projects and planning for the fall.

God working to train up students at New Orleans Seminary, president Dew tells messengers in Orlando
God is doing “good things” on the campus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, president Jamie Dew told messengers to the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting on June 9.

Gen Z ‘loves’ spiritual disciplines, but do they want the church?
“Gen Z loves the spiritual disciplines. But disciplines separated from church community do not create disciples.”

Disability ministry, immigration, assisted suicide among issues addressed by SBC resolutions
Southern Baptists, in a resolution, warned against a cultural rebranding of assisted suicide as a form of medical care and reaffirmed their commitment to the sanctity of life from conception until natural death at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando June 10.

Celebrating ‘New Life’ with nearly 200 baptisms in Tennessee
From Johnson City to Jackson, 47 Tennessee Baptist churches set aside the Sunday after Easter as a day for baptism. When the day came, 185 people said yes.

Study: Christians use AI more than other Americans
In what some might find surprising, Christians are tapping into artificial intelligence (AI) more than other Americans, with many even

Creek that once flooded church becomes ‘place of celebration’
The same creek that brought devastation five years ago became a place of celebration on Sunday (June 14).

Florida woman sentenced for scamming Camp Mystic donations
A Florida woman who impersonated the father of a Camp Mystic flood victim to solicit donations through GoFundMe has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to online fraud, ABC 13 reported.