
More than 600 students ‘Converge’ at ministry event
“We kind of looked a what is our identity in the gospel. It has to be found in Christ alone. When we find our identity in the gospel, He gives us a new mission or calling to be his witnesses.”

Human Trafficking Awareness Day: State task force heightens awareness in Alabama
The Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force is sponsoring Alabama Human Trafficking Awareness Day on Jan. 11 to bring awareness to

Daughter’s faith strengthened after father killed by Boko Haram
Watching Boko Haram behead her Christian father and leave her brother for dead in their northeast Nigerian village has strengthened

Refugees in need: Alabama Baptists commit $100,000 to Ukraine relief efforts
The Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions is committing $100,000 from Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief funds to assist with Ukrainian

Idaho pastor’s wife charts new course with writing ministry
JoEllen Claypool had no idea a simple request from her mom to write holiday poems for a cookie party would spark a writing ministry that would change her life.

NOBTS student center renamed in honor of Fred Luter
The board of trustees at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College voted during their spring meeting to rename

Politician gets jail term for ‘insulting’ Islam on Twitter
A Protestant politician was sentenced to five months in an Indonesian jail for tweeting a remark considered insulting to Islam.

Conclave NextGen continues to expand while encouraging TX leaders
“We had more children’s ministry workers than we have ever had. We tripled the number from 2021 to 2022 and then tripled again this year,” said Cory Liebrum, youth and family ministry specialist at BGCT.