HEMET, Calif. – Colon cancer crippled Kirk Beard’s walk with the Lord earlier this year. Two surgeries. Much pain. Bedridden for two months and dependent on his wife April for 24/7 care. It was hard to keep his – and her! – focus on Jesus as they had during a…
An Arab word meaning ‘steadfastness,’ the Sumud devotional offers churches a six-week study to raise awareness of Israel’s military rule over Palestinians.
The Christian landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, with the center of gravity shifting decisively towards the Global South, particularly Africa. This unprecedented Church growth presents both immense opportunities and considerable challenges, especially for theological education.
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brandon Winkler felt a little uncomfortable, he said, when he was asked to lead worship on a Sunday morning in Brasilia. He wasn’t uncomfortable in his guitar playing. He had played these songs before. The challenge for him was the setting.
ELEELE, Kauai, Hawaii – A church doesn’t need to be large to have an impact, either in its community or worldwide. Eleele Baptist Church and its Sunday morning congregation of about 45 is a case in point.
A group of Southern Baptist Convention clergy are urging the denomination to reconsider an amendment that would permanently prohibit female pastors at member churches after it fell 5 percentage
NASHVILLE (BP) – Cooperative Program giving was 5.05 percent below the budget goal in February, while designated giving was just over 7 percent below the same number from last year. Southern Baptists gave just over $18 million through CP during the fifth month of the fiscal year. The budget target…
BAR NUNN, Wyo. – Trent Fetherston had a reputation – the kind of reputation a man will get in an everybody-knows-everybody kind of town like Bar Nunn, Wyoming, when he spends what seems like thousands of consecutive happy hours with a drink in his hand and a chip on his…
The statement is signed by 11 Christian LGBTQ groups representing tens of thousands of constituents and roughly 5,000 congregations.
MARBLE, N.C. — Fred Bruner Lunsford, an influential Baptist pastor, ministry leader, evangelist and World War II veteran from western North Carolina who served the Lord for more than 70 years, died peacefully at his home on Saturday, March 1, at age 99, six days before his 100th birthday.
PHOENIX – David Johnson, executive director of the Arizona Mission Network of Southern Baptists since 2013, announced his intention to retire at the Convention Council meeting March 4 in Phoenix. He said he intends to continue in his present position until the election of his successor.
