
SCBC executive director Gary Hollingsworth announces retirement
Gary Hollingsworth, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, has announced his plans to retire. He shared the announcement

More than 5,000 Louisiana teens urged to be lights in a dark world
The 2023 Youth Evangelism Celebration in Alexandria saw hundreds of Louisiana Baptist students make life-changing decisions for Christ.

Pastor sentenced to 10 years in prison for running house church
An Iranian-Armenian pastor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by 10 years of “deprivation of social rights,”

Pregnancy center meeting winter needs with ‘God’s Warming Spot’
God’s Warming Spot is Pathway of Hope’s answer to a prominent need in Muhlenberg County. The pregnancy resource center maintains a coat closet for locals who lack access to warm clothing during the winter months.

Longtime Southern Baptist leader Bill Mackey remembered as ‘humble servant’
Bill Mackey, a long-tenured and well-respected leader in Baptist life who served in various roles with three different state conventions,

International religious freedom advocates write to Congress, call for hearings
“Nigeria and India have been rocked by alarming instances of religious violence and persecution,” the Jan. 17 letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee states.

Christian couple held in notorious Iranian prison
A Christian couple arrested for being part of a house church is being held in an Iranian prison known for

Beloved NOBTS professor Jeanine Bozeman dies
Jeanine Cannon Bozeman, a beloved New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary professor whose life and teaching impacted the lives of countless