First person: Dealing with difficult group leaders
So what happens when you realize you have a difficult leader on your hands in your group ministry?
Supreme Court weighs arguments on gender, sports
Sports and gender drew the attention of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday (Jan. 13) as the justices heard arguments in two cases challenging state laws that limit participation on girls’ and women’s sports teams to biological females.
Iorg highlights ‘steady’ SBC progress amid ongoing challenges
During the Executive Committee’s winter meeting in Nashville, Jeff Iorg shared his report emphasizing “steady incremental progress” despite ongoing challenges
Christmas festivities, tourism slowly returning to Israel after ceasefire
In 2023 and 2024, David Ha’ivri, an Israeli tour guide, didn’t offer his popular English-language Hanukkah or Christmas tours. Tourism had plummeted after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre and the start of the Hamas-Israel war, when nearly every international airline canceled flights to Israel.
Christian nurses spend 4 years in hiding, struggle for ‘secure future’
A court in Pakistan has acquitted two Christian nurses who have been in hiding for nearly four years after they
Sending Christmas joy to Native American communities in Oklahoma
For 30 years, First Baptist Church Epworth, Georgia, has taken shoeboxes to South Dakota, and now to Oklahoma. On Dec. 5, 37 church members traveled to the Muscogee-Seminole-Wichita Indian Baptist Association in Henryetta, Oklahoma, to deliver 1,904 shoeboxes so children could have a better Christmas.
Florida church appeals court order barring services
A Florida church is reportedly appealing a court order that prohibits it from holding services on its property in Flagler Beach.
VBS grew up — and it’s impacting women’s ministry
Created to reach women who may have never experienced VBS, FBC Bolivar’s unique ministry has led women to Jesus and inspired other churches to replicate the event.