National Adoption Month: Encouragement for the adoptive family
For many, adoption brings up the mental image of a courtroom full of smiling faces as the process is finalized. It is good to rejoice when kids are legally joined to their forever family. Children need and deserve family and permanence.
Associations and leaders are needed in SBC, presidential candidates agree
The six presidential candidates were invited to address the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders tonight (June 9) at the Indiana Convention Center.
Executive order protecting women’s sports signed, praised as ‘encouraging and helpful’ step
The order defines “sex” strictly as an individual’s immutable biological classification, effectively ending efforts to tie transgender participation to Title IX protections.
New IMB emeriti thankful for God’s grace, ministry milestones
Together, the newest group of emeriti who gathered at International Mission Board’s annual Celebration of Emeriti near Richmond, Virginia, April 27–May 1, represent 1,818 years of service.
Longtime Tennessee DOM dies at 64
Phil Taylor, a director of missions in Tennessee since 1999, died June 23 after an extended illness. He was 64.
Safer than Tylenol? Missouri AG sues Planned Parenthood over mifepristone claims.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, accusing the organization of misleading women about the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone.
Missouri missions team meets needs with eyeglass clinics in Dominican Republic
A group of volunteers from First Baptist Church, De Soto, recently went on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic where they provided eyeglasses and readers to those in need.
Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for August 11
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for August 11, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.