
Longtime NC pastor, ministry leader Marcus Redding dies
Marcus Redding, a longtime pastor and ministry leader in North Carolina, died May 30 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. During the past seven years, Redding has served as the NAMB’s director of supporting churches. He was 58.

Thanksgiving and what to know about giving thanks
Thanksgiving Day is fast approaching. Giving thanks is more than displaying good manners. Giving thanks enhances our spiritual and physical health. Here are six facts about giving thanks.

First person: How to thrive amid the challenges of fatherhood
Pastor Adam Dooley explores the challenges and blessings of fatherhood. He also shares a few tips on how to navigate the tough times.

New steps announced on protecting children from ‘harmful medical interventions’
The White House announced Thursday (Dec. 18) new steps to curb transgender medical procedures for minors, with Health and Human

Russell Moore leaving ERLC, headed to Christianity Today
Russell Moore, president of the SBC Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, is leaving ERLC to join the staff of Christianity

Christian nurses spend 4 years in hiding, struggle for ‘secure future’
A court in Pakistan has acquitted two Christian nurses who have been in hiding for nearly four years after they

First person: Are churches facing a ‘demographic winter’?
The aging faithful within our congregations are a blessing and an essential resource that is too often overlooked. However, it is also true that within a few decades, much of this cohort will have entered eternity. If Ryan Burge’s chart is correct, there will not be enough GenXers, Millennials and Zoomers to sustain many of these denominations.

SBC Executive Committee tackles referred motions, disfellowships two churches
Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee members addressed 11 motions referred from the annual meeting in June, including adding an abuse awareness