What did George Washington have to say about Baptist chaplains?
In 1776 there were 497 Baptist churches in the 13 colonies with approximately 10,000 church members. The effect of the great Separate Baptist revival was just beginning to be felt as Baptist growth would continue steadily into the 19th century.
First person: What do Christian funerals really communicate?
Something isn’t adding up. Nearly every Sunday we sing about heaven. We preach the resurrection. We quote Paul’s words that “to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.” But do we really believe it?
Arkansas DR ladies’ chainsaw team ‘able to bless a lot of people’
Six ladies from the Russellville area recently donned yellow shirts and chaps and other safety equipment, picked up chainsaws and went to work in Valdosta, Georgia.
Attending church during Christmas? Study shows who is going, who isn’t
A Lifeway Research study finds U.S. adults are split on whether they’ll be at church sometime this Christmas — 47% say they typically attend church at Christmastime, while 48% say they do not, and 5% aren’t sure.
Rummage elected to lead 2024 Pastors Conference
Oklahoma pastor Stephen Rummage will serve as president of the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors Conference. The conference will be
Billy Graham’s ‘Mr. Texas’ sparked faith films 70 years ago
Billy Graham hosted a Hollywood Bowl capacity 25,000 people, including Cecil B. DeMille, to premiere his venture into feature films
Q&A: Al Mohler addresses questions on ‘truth and unity’ amendment
Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, says he will propose what he is calling the “Truth and Unity Amendment” to the SBC Constitution during the Annual Meeting in Orlando in June.
‘One-stop shop’: New app designed to plug men into discipleship
For men striving to follow Jesus, advice from churches and ministries can take different forms. But sometimes it takes out-of-the-box