
Two TN groups return from Israel; a 3rd still awaits trip home
“I have seen lots of smiles and looks of relief on everyone’s faces [following their return from Israel],” one church member of Sunnyside Baptist Church in Kingsport noted.

Birmingham Bulls goalie talks faith and the sport he loves
Central Alabama is the home of a very unlikely professional sports franchise — the Birmingham Bulls ice hockey team, which

First person: Realizing the power of our words
Gossip is destructive to the church, erodes the fellowship, and undermines God’s activity.

Ready to ‘go’: 48 IMB missionaries sent out during Sending Celebration
Neither John nor Serena Tail grew up as believers. “We routinely just lived for ourselves,” John explained. As a young

Mississippi messengers elect Hurt new MBC president
Judson W. “Bill” Hurt, senior pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Columbus, was elected without opposition to a first term as president of the Mississippi Baptist Convention …

For musician Jason Lovins, the debate over abortion is personal
The debate over abortion exceptions for rape and incest may be a political football in Kentucky but, for Jason Lovins, it’s personal. His mother chose life for him 42 years ago.

Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for February 27
The Pitfall of Guilt and Grudges Genesis 50:15–21 We can only move forward when we embrace God’s forgiveness. In this

‘We keep hoping things will get better’: Last pastor forced out of war-torn Sudanese city
A priest of the Anglican Church of Sudan who stayed in El-Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur, to serve Christians remaining there is now homeless after paramilitary violence forced him out of his church.