
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.

Church engages new community through church planting, sparks generosity
Church planting was part of NewBranch Community Church’s vision from the beginning, says Teaching Pastor Ken Rucker. The question for this Georgia church, which began gathering in 2008, had always been, “When’s the right time to plant?”

SBC Executive Committee follow-up meeting underway
The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention is meeting this afternoon (Sept. 28) in a called virtual board meeting,

Baptist Campus Ministries developing future Christian leaders
Abby Hostetler and Mark Wisler, student leaders in the Baptist Campus Ministry at Eastern Kentucky University, returned last week from

SBC Exec Comm launches new search for president after Wellman nomination fails
As SBC Executive Committee chair David Sons began taking nominations for a new presidential search committee late in the afternoon

Big Train pitching coach focused on teaching the ‘inside-outs’
With more than 30 years of coaching experience under his belt, Bethesda Big Train pitching coach Craig Lopez said his purpose as a coach reaches far beyond the baseball field.

First person: Praying for the Christians of Iran
As pundits yell and bombs fall, I would implore everyone reading this to pray that our leaders turn to God for wisdom during this time and that our Christian brothers and sisters in Iran would be protected, encouraged and comforted in coming days.”

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.”