
‘Serving the Lord wholeheartedly’: East Texas man building children’s home in India
Andrew “AJ” Ireton owns a small construction company in Van Zandt County, but his clients know he won’t be available for a couple of months. The Baptist layman will be building a children’s home in eastern India.

Your Voice: Lessons from my first ultramarathon
As I close in on a big milestone birthday, I figured I’d celebrate by doing what I’m sure most people do — run my first 50K ultramarathon …

Deployed for Christ: Church planters reaching Marines with gospel
The Week of Prayer for North American Missions is March 6–13, 2022. For more information, click here. Jared and Jennifer

Louisiana Baptist women offer 1,000 giftboxes to female prisoners
On Aug. 29, the Louisiana Baptist women’s missions and ministry team led women from across the state to pack hygiene giftboxes for those at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women.

Survey seen as another effort to ‘strangle religious belief’
Officials of China’s Shandong province are requiring students and their families to complete surveys detailing information about each individual’s religious beliefs and activities.

Oklahoma Disaster Relief continues relief efforts in Colorado
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief continues to engage in disaster response after wildfires ravaged a thousand homes in Boulder, Colorado, last

‘For two years, we are tired’: ‘Prince of Peace’ only hope for Israel and Hamas, Messianic leaders say
Avi Mizrachi, a Messianic believer and founding pastor of Adonai Roi Congregation in Tel Aviv, finds it difficult to commemorate the Oct. 7 second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.

Bellevue pastor Steve Gaines diagnosed with kidney cancer
“I speak for our entire Tennessee network of churches when I say that we are praying for our friends, Steve and Donna, their children and grandchildren, and the Bellevue family,” said Randy C. Davis of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.