Missouri church hosts DR teams for nearly one year | Baptist Press
HAYTI, Mo. (BP) – “What would you do if Disaster Relief came to your area? Would you be ready?”
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'God uses the damaged': Michael Todd Says Pastors Aren't Perfect, They Need a Savior Too
New York Times bestselling author, Pastor Michael Todd of Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, says he s transparent with people because he aspires to follow the method of Jesus, not just the ...
Son of Former Vineyard Church Pastors Jailed on Charges of Sexual Abuse of 5 Teenage Girls
Jackson Gatlin, the former young adult and online community pastor at The Vineyard Church in Duluth, Minnesota, whose parents Michael and Brenda Gatlin resigned from the church this year after he was ...
Pope’s comments ahead of Vatican meeting draw concern
In a move that drew mixed reaction from Catholics, the pope on Wednesday said the Roman Catholic Church needs to be welcoming to “everyone, everyone, everyone,” and called on church leaders to foc...
Mainline Protestant Pastors More Likely to Be Liberal Than Their Congregants: Survey
Pastors at mainline Protestant churches are much more likely to identify as liberal than their congregants as most of them hold progressive positions on hot-button social issues, according to a new ...
NAMB trustees celebrate record Annie Offering, meet Denver church planters | Baptist Press
DENVER (BP) – Trustees with the North American Mission Board (NAMB) celebrated a new milestone in Annie Armstrong Easter Offering giving as they gathered for meetings in Denver on Oct. 2-3 and met several church planting missionaries who benefit directly from the offering.
In Denver, NAMB Trustees learn of church planting turn around | Baptist Press
DENVER (BP) – In Denver, many church buildings have become condos. There is only one evangelical congregation for every 32,000 residents, but there’s a marijuana dispensary for every 2,096 residents.
Georgia Baptists to consider updates to governing documents | Baptist Press
SNELLVILLE, Ga. (BP) — Messengers to the Georgia Baptist Convention’s annual meeting will consider updates to their 200-year-old governing documents when they gather in Snellville in mid-November.
FIRST-PERSON: 16,514 Reasons to be Grateful | Baptist Press
I tried to think about the very first time I benefitted from gifts to the Cooperative Program. The best I can calculate, it’s been 16,514 days. I attended my first WMU missions camp sponsored by my Baptist state convention more than 45 years ago. A year later, I applied to…
CP surpasses $191.8 million, falls just short of annual budget goal | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) — As the 2023 fiscal year ended Sept. 30, giving to the National Cooperative Program Allocation Budget was slightly under expectations for the year, even though totals for the month of September were 1.6 percent above the targeted amount.
