
Cirincione announces resignation as Nevada state executive
Damian Cirincione, executive director of the Nevada Baptist Convention since September of 2021 announced his resignation Feb. 23 in a meeting with the executive board. A letter and video were sent Feb. 27 to pastors and leaders in Nevada.

MBTS receives $1.25M grant to establish institute for preaching, preachers
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has received a grant of $1.25 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Midwestern Institute for Preaching and Preachers.

Heart of the Child event equips ministry leaders with practical training
More than 900 preschool, children’s, family ministry, pre-teen, church weekday and disability ministry leaders from the southeast region of the United States gathered on the campus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary April 5-6 …

First person: Kindness, courage and redemption on the basketball court
“This moment changed my life. … I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

What about here? Australia bans children under 16 from social media platforms.
Australia is now the world’s first country to ban children under 16 from major social media platforms. As of Wednesday (Dec. 10), these targeted platforms include TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit and Snapchat.

UPDATED: ERLC announcement reversed; Leatherwood remains; trustee chair out
The executive committee of the ERLC board of trustees announced this morning (July 23) that the action taken late yesterday by then-trustee chair Kevin Smith was not authorized. The board has stated full support of Brent Leatherwood.

Prodigal Child Ministries seeks to offer hope, encouragement for hurting families
Centered around the theme verse of Jeremiah 29:11–12, Prodigal Child Ministries seeks to help parents of struggling teens and adults find refuge in God.

IMB’s Pratt speaks on suffering, worth of gospel
“But see, here’s the thing: the normal experience of Christians throughout history, and normal today in most places, is that Christians suffer for their faith. It’s normally dangerous just to be a Christian,” Zane Pratt said.