IMB trustees appoint 83 new missionaries
International Mission Board trustees approved 83 fully funded missionaries for appointment during their May 15-16 meeting.
SBC membership decline continues; baptisms jump more than 10%
While the Southern Baptist Convention’s Annual Church Profile has shown a surge in baptisms and rising attendance, the SBC’s 18-year membership slide continued in 2024.
‘It was nuts’: Tornado interrupts prayer service, rips off church wall
“I have never done a job like this before — quite unique in just one wall being sucked off and the structure still standing,” said Mike Pickel of Crestview Baptist Church in Georgetown, Texas.
Update: Effort to defund Planned Parenthood partially blocked
Amid the ongoing battle to defund Planned Parenthood, a federal judge has partially blocked a provision in a recently passed federal budget bill focused on stripping Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funding for one year.
Scroggins said churches need to see pastors ‘manage’ their real-life families
Jimmy Scroggins, lead pastor of Family Church in south Florida, spoke during the 2024 SBC Pastors Conference in Indianapolis.
First person: Remembering 9/11 and the power of prayer in times of crisis
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GuideStone aims to help ‘every servant of Christ finish well’
Hance Dilbeck said in 2023, GuideStone’s research showed that 76% of the ministers they serve say they wish they had started planning for their retirement earlier.
‘Thankful’: Fred Luter reflects on retirement plans
“Thankful.” That was one word Fred Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans, used as he reflected on