
MBTS receives $1.25M grant to establish institute for preaching, preachers
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has received a grant of $1.25 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Midwestern Institute for Preaching and Preachers.

What about here? Australia bans children under 16 from social media platforms.
Australia is now the world’s first country to ban children under 16 from major social media platforms. As of Wednesday (Dec. 10), these targeted platforms include TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit and Snapchat.

SBC Exec Comm trustees handle variety of business items
Proposed $190 million CP allocation budget for the upcoming 2024–25 fiscal year is down $5 million from the current 2023–24 budget year. EC trustees also approve Credentials Committee’s recommendation to disaffiliate 4 churches.

Celebrating 100 years of Cooperative Program ‘moments,’ opportunity for ‘sacred effort’
“One moment is not going to change the entire trajectory of what we do, but it can remind us of some very important things. The beauty of Baptist life and cooperation is that everybody is autonomous … we work together because we want to.”

Popular tools help leaders, volunteers identify strengths for more effective ministry
In recent years, Christians have sought to discern how they might best engage with and utilize personality tests. The volume

Associational leaders hold 61st Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders in Nashville
Focusing on the gospel and unity, associational leaders held their 61st Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders on June 12-14

First person: 3 clear reasons why the virgin birth matters
A century ago, the famed Christian apologist G.K. Chesterton lamented, “The world will never starve for want of wonders, but

IMB’s Pratt speaks on suffering, worth of gospel
“But see, here’s the thing: the normal experience of Christians throughout history, and normal today in most places, is that Christians suffer for their faith. It’s normally dangerous just to be a Christian,” Zane Pratt said.