
Abortion survivor celebrates 47 years of life
Forty-seven years ago today, Melissa Ohden was born alive in Sioux City, Iowa. The abortion failed. She recently celebrated her birthday, a day that wasn’t celebrated when she took her first breath.

Longtime TN Baptist editor publishes collection of his columns
Lonnie Wilkey, who has been with the Baptist and Reflector since 1988 and has served as editor since 1998, has put together a collection of his columns in “Faith, Family and Life’s Lessons: Reflections of a Christian Journalist.”

‘Particularly gifted’: New book outlines importance of every Christian knowing theology
When Phylicia Masonheimer founded the Every Woman a Theologian ministry and then wrote a book with the same name, it

First person: Evangelism that everyone can do
Plymouth Park Baptist Church had been in a long season of decline. From a megachurch well over a decade ago to a little over 100 on Sundays, the church was in desperate need of revitalization—fast—when I became the pastor.

Wife of slain missionary ‘formally charged’ with his murder in Angola
Authorities in Angola have formally charged the wife of 44-year-old missionary Beau Shroyer, who was fatally stabbed Oct. 25, 2024, in Lubango.

God’s kingdom grows on Montana Indian reservation
Savannah Spotted Bird, 17, who is living in her 17th foster home, was one of 15 students who became Christ-followers

World Changers: Still Baptist ‘through and through,’ still changing lives
Though no longer affiliated with a Southern Baptist Convention entity, World Changers is still “Baptist through and through,” said David Flatt, executive director of World Changers.

One Day outreach in Arkansas sees 100 decisions for Christ
One Day Acts 1:8 Missions Experience provides an annual opportunity for Arkansas Baptists to impact lostness in a specific area