
Guarneri announced as nominee for next BGCT leader
The official nomination of Julio Guarneri, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in McAllen, Texas, as BGCT’s next executive director will take place Sept. 18.

‘Unbelievable blessing’: Officer donates kidney to Mississippi football coach
Patrick Johnson has put himself in harm’s way to protect and serve the public for 23 years as a law enforcement officer. But recently he risked his own health and safety to extend the life of a stranger by donating a kidney.

Arkansas DR volunteers on-site in Fordyce after shooting
Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief chaplains and a quick-response unit deployed to Fordyce, Arkansas, today (June 21) following a shooting at a local grocery store that left 3 dead and 11 wounded.

Study: What decade best describes your church?
Around three in 10 (29%) U.S. Protestant churchgoers say their church’s ministry activities and methods would fit best in a time period before the turn of the new millennium, according to a new study from Lifeway Research.

BGCT announces new ministry teams, additional realignment updates
During an address to Baptist General Convention of Texas ministry staff on Monday (June 1), Executive Director Julio Guarneri shared

‘In shock’: Lamar University student drowns during campus ministry retreat
A 23-year-old Lamar University graduate student drowned Aug. 10, while attending a Lamar Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) retreat at the Toledo Bend Reservoir.

‘Working together’: KY volunteers reflect on ministering to Ukrainian refugees
The first team of Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers wish they could have stayed longer when they traveled to Poland

Jones to fellow pastors: ‘What is your motivation?’
Preaching from Colossians 3:1–11, Florida Baptist pastor Daryl Jones challenged his fellow Southern Baptist pastors to seek Christlikeness while constantly