Messengers vote down motion to force financial transparency
Southern Baptist messengers to the 2025 Annual Meeting rejected an amendment Wednesday that would have required the Southern Baptist Convention to publish detailed financial information like IRS Form 990 disclosures.
Litton says he regrets failure to cite Greear in sermon series
Ed Litton, newly elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has apologized for preaching a sermon similar to one preached
Mississippi News Oct. 9, 2025
Celebrations Greens Creek Church, Petal, Pine Belt Association, celebrates its 175th anniversary Oct. 11, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; music includes the
Mississippi’s Barry Lee named state’s Bivocational Pastor of the Year
Barry Lee, pastor of Rolling Hills Baptist Church Carriere, Mississippi, was honored as Mississippi Baptists’ 2023 Bivocational Pastor of the Year during the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board’s annual meeting.
Hawaii pastors, Mark Clifton highlight 4 steps to revitalizing churches
While there are many steps to revitalizing a church, Mark Clifton shared four that are especially important: prayer, discipleship, community engagement and preaching Jesus.
Scars and grace: Woman remains thankful her mother chose life
Chrystal York was 13 when she learned she was conceived after her mother was raped by a man whose advances she rejected.
IMB seeking Olympic digital responders ‘to minister from their living rooms’
The International Mission Board is launching a new digital engagement strategy for the Paris Olympics and asking for digital responders to ‘minister from their living rooms.’
UK Christian found guilty for praying near abortion clinic
A British army veteran who served in Afghanistan was found guilty today (Oct. 16) for praying silently near an abortion clinic in England.