
SBC named in lawsuit against TX church, accused of ‘negligence’
The Southern Baptist Convention has been named in a lawsuit filed against a Texas church. According to the Houston Chronicle,

‘Help, hope and healing’: Southern Baptist volunteers responding to Kentucky floods
As surveyors continue assessing the damage done by the historic flooding that has deluged eastern Kentucky, Southern Baptists have begun

Arkansas missions day reports 56 decisions
Fifty-six salvation decisions were recently made in Trumann during Trinity Baptist Association’s “T-BA” Day, an annual one-day local missions event.

Years after church fire, youth group has ‘ignited’ through adversity
Three years after a fire destroyed Southside Baptists Church’s youth building in Paris, Texas, their youth ministry has taken off, drawing in an average of 75 students each Sunday and quickly filling up slots for yearly youth retreats.

TN Disaster Relief teams ‘God-sent’ to KY flood victims
Dwayne Slone summed up the feelings of many homeowners in Carrie, Kentucky, about the Disaster Relief teams from Tennessee who

Messengers approve four recommendations on how to deal with churches’ ‘friendly cooperation’
Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention passed a slate of recommendations June 11 related to how the convention deals with churches that no longer “closely identify with” the SBC in “faith and practice.”

Baptists and the struggle for liberty: Powder, pen, pulpit and prayer
With few exceptions, Baptists across the colonies, especially those who had experienced persecution, supported the American Revolution. Reasons included persecution, other grievances such as taxation without representation, and the tyranny exhibited by the British crown and royal governors.

Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for June 23
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for June 23, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.