
Adapting Little Hope to Living Hope more than a name change
Sometimes it is what happens before a new pastor arrives on the field that determines if a church can be

Braves Radio host and Mississippi College grad Ben Ingram savors World Series moment
Ben Ingram had a bird’s-eye view earlier this month as the Atlanta Braves won its first World Series championship in

One summer turned into lifetime of ministry for her
Mindy Cobb moved to Chicago with her husband, Lindsay, nearly 50 years ago to be a part of a church plant and hasn’t looked back. In Longevity, a collection of essays by Nathan Carter, Cobb shared she originally planned to give God one summer of her life, but he wanted the whole thing.

Missouri Baptist Children’s Home board elects next president
Pastor Juston Gates of First Baptist Church, Forsyth, Missouri, has been elected by the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home board of trustees to serve as the MBCH’s next president.

SBC abuse reform efforts energized by latest announcement
“Given the current legal and financial challenges facing the SBC and [EC], the formation of a new independent organization is the only viable path that allows progress toward abuse reform to continue unencumbered.” —Josh Wester, ARITF chair

Gospel singer, songwriter Squire Parsons now experiencing ‘Sweet Beulah Land’
Parsons’ “Sweet Beulah Land” was voted song of the year in 1981 by readers of Singing News Magazine, where he was voted favorite baritone (1986–1987), favorite male singer (1988) and favorite songwriter (1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995).

Full day of reports, business matters at SBC meeting in Orlando
The more than 11,000 messengers and their guests endured a full day of entity reports, the first set of officer elections and an opportunity to make their requests known today (June 9) during the SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando.

Mohler addresses recent health-related ‘episodes’
“I will tell you they are embarrassing when they happen, and they are very unpleasant when they happen,” Albert Mohler shared Monday evening (June 1) in a social media post about reoccurring “episodes” that have impacted his public speaking.