‘Modern day Ellis Island’: Refugees find help, hope in Charleston
A redeeming shift in its treatment of internationals is happening in Charleston, South Carolina. What was once a major port for enslaved people is now a harbor for diaspora groups, and Southern Baptists are an important part of the change.
SBTC gifting portable baptistries to church planters
The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention will provide portable baptistries for church plants that plant through Send Network SBTC, the
Bellevue pastor Gaines transitioning from pastorate to itinerant ministry
Steve Gaines, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tennessee, is transitioning out of the pastorate and into a ministry as an itinerant preacher, he announced today (Sept. 22) during the church’s worship services.
Preaching workshop already paying early dividends, pastor says
When Christian Naylor told his church that he was prepared to lead a class to train men about preaching, little did he realize how soon that class would pay Kingdom dividends.
Church serves as ministry hub for homeless neighbors
Life Restored Church made radical adjustments to focus on San Antonio’s poorest residents, for one simple reason — Pastor Alex
Carson-Newman presents Sparks Award to Steve Gaines
Carson-Newman University presented the 2024 Ken Sparks Award to Steve Gaines. The Nov. 12 presentation came during C-N’s Alumni and Friends Dinner held at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention in Murfreesboro.
Rashional Thoughts: Forgiving ourselves hard but essential step in healing process
So many things we wish we would have said or done — and now it’s too late. If only we
‘We rest in God’: War retreat provides ‘soul care’ for Ukrainian ministers
Rest. It’s a four-letter word. There’s no rest in war. There’s no rest amid the missiles and gunfire that have