
First person: We can defend our beliefs without demonizing others
We can fight for our beliefs without demonizing each other. Not everyone knows this, apparently.

IMB trustees approve 72 missionaries, celebrate financial outlook
International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 72 full-time, fully funded missionaries during their Sept. 27-28 meeting near Richmond, Virginia.

‘Devastating’: Baptist volunteers responding in wake of fires in TX, OK
Southern Baptists continue to respond to devastating wildfires in Texas and Oklahoma. “People have lost everything they own. They’re looking for help. But they’re also looking for hope for the days ahead,” a volunteer in Texas said.

Connect Ministries helping churches across southeast with camps, coaching
“We were just laymen helping to start a church in Franklin, Tennessee, when Gabe Norris and I realized just how hard it is for the Church in America to meet new people,” said Ken “KT” Thomas, president and co-founder of Connect Ministries.

Bipartisan strategies to advance global religious freedom spark discussion
Elected officials who differ on most issues broadly agree about the importance of global freedom of religion and belief, two former ambassadors-at-large for international religious freedom asserted.

First person: Why I’m against the Law Amendment
This summer, messengers from the Southern Baptist Convention will gather in Indianapolis to vote on an amendment to the Convention’s constitution which aims to more closely define the role of pastor …

Searching for Truth in true crime: How one former detective points troubled world to Christ
Are there things Christians can learn in a small-group Bible study from a decades-old murder? Former Los Angeles cold-case detective J. Warner Wallace — now an author, speaker and apologetics expert — believes so.

Singing Churchmen travel to Puerto Rico for music camp, see ‘small glimpse of heaven’
South Carolina’s Singing Churchmen made a trip in April to Puerto Rico to partner with local congregation Iglesia Bautista Logos to host Logos Baptist Academy music camp.