Just a babysitter? No, an instrument God can use
By Julie Redmond Donavan North Shelby Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. If you are a preschool teacher at church, I’m
SBC affirms resolution on gender, marriage and family
Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas voted to affirm all eight resolutions brought to the floor — with some debate — but with only one amendment, deemed friendly.
‘Brother Bob’ ministering to hospital patients through four decades
For more than four decades, almost every patient at Midland Memorial Hospital could count on a visit from “Brother Bob” Porterfield, pastor of West Kentucky Avenue Baptist Church in Midland.
Texas families file suit over Ten Commandments displays
More than a dozen Texas families filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Sept. 22 seeking to stop their school districts from displaying a state-prescribed version of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
Brighter future? Iranian evangelicals staying put, tentative but hopeful.
Hormoz Shariat preaches to a congregation of millions of Iranian Christians around the world, those who have scattered because of repression at home and those who, having stayed, have long been the target of arrest by Iranian authorities, frequently accused of being tools of Western powers.
GA church offers unique, practical help to local police officers
With several first responders in his family, Bethany Baptist Church Executive Pastor Rick Kirkland is privy to the needs of police officers, including, well, their privy needs.
Ministry Check database key part of preventing abuse, ARITF reports
The Southern Baptist Convention’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force has released new information about the Ministry Check database that will
‘Memory of a lifetime’: Playing catch with baseball legend Willie Mays
Mark Tolbert shares his ‘memory of a lifetime,’ playing catch with Willie Mays. Mays passed away June 18 at the age of 93.