
Georgia Baptists approve $62 million budget to fund gospel efforts
Georgia Baptists recently adopted a 2025 budget that calls for more than $62 million to be given through the Cooperative Program and other offerings. That money, a 2.5% increase over the current year, will fund gospel-sharing efforts ….

Ian pushes forward as Baptist response efforts gear up
As Floridians continued to grapple with the magnitude of Hurricane Ian’s devastating blow to the state, South Carolina and Georgia

Discipleship emphasis leads to partnership among multiethnic congregations
As a pastor and church planting strategist, Tim Ahlen has watched many believers miss a key aspect of the Christian

‘At the Cross’ events across Mississippi highlight prayers for revival
Around 2,000 people recently gathered at 30 locations across Mississippi for “At the Cross,” a statewide prayer event led by Rick Blythe of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board.

Special Friends Retreat returns in person after 2 years of waiting
The Special Friends Retreat is the most highly anticipated event of the year for many of its campers. This year’s

Lifeway Bible Studies Podcast new tool available to individuals, groups
Lifeway Christian Resources has found a way to repurpose previously recorded Bible study content through its new Lifeway Bible Studies

Texas missions leader Joy Fenner dies at 89
Joy Fenner, a Baptist missionary, Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas leader and the first woman elected as president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, died Nov. 29 in Dallas. She was 89.

‘Great Is Thy Faithfulness’: Kidney transplant recipient’s ‘beautiful story’
Lynell Lovinggood wishes she had written down the date when a woman she didn’t know prayed a heartfelt prayer over