Baptisms across Georgia: What’s the ‘major factor’ behind increase?
The numbers released Feb. 23 represent a more than 30% increase over the past year and a more than 90% increase since 2020.
Churches respond, serve community after tragic Buffalo shooting
On May 14 a shooting at Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, left 10 dead and three others injured. Investigators
‘What a platform’: Coach shaped by Jesus mentors others
Jeff Dixon, a retired educator and football coach, credits his Christian faith with shaping his approach to coaching and mentoring
First person: Are churches facing a ‘demographic winter’?
The aging faithful within our congregations are a blessing and an essential resource that is too often overlooked. However, it is also true that within a few decades, much of this cohort will have entered eternity. If Ryan Burge’s chart is correct, there will not be enough GenXers, Millennials and Zoomers to sustain many of these denominations.
Missionary surgeon Rebekah Naylor honored with missions legacy award
Rebekah Naylor, known by some as the “Mother Teresa of Bangalore,” was presented the 2024 Missions Legacy Award at the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s REACH Evangelism and Missions Conference Monday night (March 11).
SBC President Bart Barber addresses media, joins diverse slate of elected officers
In his first press conference after being elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Bart Barber addressed the “historic” stand
‘Juniors for Jesus’: Louisiana high school students revived through Bible study
At the beginning of the school year, Bible teacher Geran Maples challenged his eleventh-grade students at Highland Baptist Christian School in New Iberia, Louisiana, to prayerfully consider if following Christ was worth everything.
First person: Celebrating Easter and asking the hard questions
The Bible is full of paradox. Jesus teaches us that the first shall be last (Matt. 20:16). We are told