Texas Church Plans Third Annual Trip to Help Ukraine Refugee Children | Baptist Press
For the third consecutive year, volunteers from First Baptist Church in Garland will travel to eastern Europe to bring Christmas joy to Ukrainian refugee children.
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FIRST-PERSON: After visiting IMB, here are 6 things I love about it … and one thing I do not | Baptist Press
I recently led a group of Kentucky Baptists to the International Mission Board training center and offices in Richmond, Virginia, to gain a better understanding of the impact of our Cooperative Program.
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Rick Warren: ‘Part of finishing the task is re-evangelising the Church’
Ahead of his speech Saturday at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelisation, Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church in California, warned believers must re-evangelise nominal Christians to fulfill the Great Commission, adding that some Christians have traded "spiritual power for political influence."
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Appeals Court Denies Tax Exemption of Church Retreat Property
A panel of appeals court judges in Michigan ruled Monday that the Woodside Bible Church in Troy, Mich., must pay taxes on a retreat property owned by the church. The judge’s ruling upheld a previous...
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It Takes Cooperative Effort to Reach Revival Generation on College Campuses | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) — There is a tension in ministry: get results now, but not at the expense of long-term effectiveness. The long game is important. Lessons from Matthew 13 are in play, because a seed doesn’t sprout immediately and yet is highly dependent on its current environment.
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Associational leaders gather at NAMB for training, fellowship | Baptist Press
ALPHARETTA, Georgia (BP) – During a time when change seems to be constant for Southern Baptists, associational mission strategists (AMS) from across the United States met to learn more about how to lead through it.
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Ed Emmerling Tapped to Lead Michigan Baptists | Baptist Press
PLYMOUTH, Mich. (BP) – The search team tasked with finding the next executive director-treasure of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan (BSCM) has announced it has selected Ed Emmerling to fill the role being vacated by Tim Patterson. Patterson, who came on board in 2015, announced his retirement late last…
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JD Hall Found Guilty of Embezzlement, Ordered to Apologize to Church and Pay Restitution
More than two years after he was removed as lead pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church in Sidney, Montana, due to allegations of prescription drug abuse, domestic violence and embezzling money, once
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Michigan Church Can’t Be Exempt from Taxes on Recreation Property, Appeals Court Rules
An appeals court has ruled that a multisite Evangelical church in Michigan cannot be exempt from paying taxes on a property meant to serve as a retreat and recreation space
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SBC DIGEST: SBC ’25 hotel reservations open Oct. 7; Lottie Moon resources now available | Baptist Press
Discounted 2025 Annual Meeting hotel reservations open Oct. 7 DALLAS (BP) – More than 15,000 room nights will be available to Southern Baptists when the annual meeting reservation portal opens at noon EDT on Monday, Oct. 7. “The last two years, we have seen tremendous responses to the opening of…
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Covington to Retire from Alaska Convention | Baptist Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (BP) – Randy Covington, executive director/treasurer of the Alaska Baptist Resource Network, announced his upcoming retirement at the group’s annual meeting last week in Valdez, Alaska. He indicated that September 2025 would be his official departure. Covington has been serving as the executive director since May 2016. Prior…
