
Volunteers needed: Crossover organizers partner with Send Relief’s Serve Tour for pre-SBC effort
Before the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting kicks off in New Orleans, local churches will work with visiting volunteers to

Finding the right Bible study in a saturated market
A friend tells of accepting an invitation to attend a Bible study for senior adult women in her community. “These

TN pregnancy center seeks to ‘save a life and meet the needs of that life’
Hope Haven Pregnancy Center in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, is appropriately named. As the pregnancy center approaches its first anniversary on Aug.

Illinois messengers celebrate ‘thriving’ amid pandemic, challenges
Illinois Baptist messengers gathered for their annual meeting in Springfield, where they heard promising reports of missions and ministry, passed

Texas families file suit over Ten Commandments displays
More than a dozen Texas families filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Sept. 22 seeking to stop their school districts from displaying a state-prescribed version of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

First person: New Kids Edition offers faith-based, low-tech fun for readers
The Baptist Paper Kids Edition premieres this week. Scripture, science, jokes, art, baking, crafting, puzzling — there’s something to engage mind, body and spirit on each page.

Ray Gentry, associational missions leader, shifts to full-time role
Ray Gentry, part-time president of the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders since 2015, will move into a full-time role

America’s ‘seismic shift’: Rural areas are crucial missions field, researcher says
Jeff Clark believes Christians need to reach their cities for Christ, but they shouldn’t overlook those without Christ in rural