
First person: Remembering Lloyd Elder, Southern Baptist statesman
Lloyd Elder died Nov. 3 after a lengthy illness. Southern Baptists lost a statesman — and bivocational and small church pastors across the denomination lost a friend.

United Methodist Church cuts ties with Asbury Theological Seminary
Asbury Theological Seminary, a 103-year-old Kentucky evangelical seminary, is no longer approved as a school for United Methodist candidates for ordained ministry, the school announced Thursday (June 25).

Panel discussion encourages women’s calling to ministry
Women’s ministry leaders from across North Carolina encouraged other women in their callings as part of a special women in ministry panel discussion and luncheon held during this year’s Baptist State Convention of NC’s annual meeting.

Seminary team works with local believers to share gospel in Ecuador
A team from Midwestern Seminary spent 10 days in Manta, Ecuador, partnering with a local church to train believers in evangelism and proclaim the gospel throughout the surrounding community.

Pastor, family head west to reach college students for Christ
Chris and Kristyn Cummings started the new year with a new address, as they moved their family of six from

Adkins to be nominated as SBC first VP
Louisiana pastor Jay Adkins will be nominated as first vice president for the Southern Baptist Convention during its annual meeting

IMB missionaries going to ‘edge of lostness’ to impact lives in 2023
From the more than 1,300 missionary candidates in the pipeline to the host of veteran missionaries training and equipping others on the field, 2023 has been filled with stories of how God is using your International Mission Board missionari

Songwriter Patrick Mayberry ‘just trying to follow Jesus and lead his family’
Patrick Mayberry doesn’t consider himself special. In fact, he describes himself as a “normal dude who is just trying to