Christian couple’s plight in Nigeria reveals injustices, church leaders say
The ordeal of a pastoral couple jailed without trial for three years for taking in a runaway Muslim girl shows the injustices that Christians suffer in northern Nigeria, church leaders said.
Prayer urged for missionary missing in South Africa
Josh Sullivan, a U.S. missionary and pastor, was reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint Thursday evening (April 10) while delivering a sermon at Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell, South Africa.
Identifying the mission: Iorg shares future mentality of SBC Exec Committee
The mission matters most. That’s the mentality Jeff Iorg is bringing to the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee as he steps into the role of president and CEO on May 13.
Evidence Christianity is no longer in decline? Here’s what one new study says.
Recent Pew Research confirmed earlier trends of a plateauing of the religiously unaffiliated and a pause, at least, of the decline in Christianity.
Honoring retired pastors, their widows on Mission:Dignity Sunday
Mission: Dignity Sunday to be observed on June 22.
‘Think like a missionary’: Ohio church planter leverages business for ministry opportunities
Growing up, Austin Mathis didn’t know many pastors who held jobs outside their pastoral roles. So, naturally, when he felt God’s call to plant a church in 2014, Austin didn’t picture himself pastoring while also starting a business and …
KY man charged in connection with June explosion at Lone Oak Baptist Church
A Calvert City man was arrested and formally charged following an investigation into the explosion incident that happened in June at Lone Oak First Baptist Church.
Pay attention to God’s ‘warning lights,’ Orr urges in opening session of 2024 SBC Pastors Conference
Bartholomew Orr opened the first session of the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors Conference in Indianapolis on June 9.