Rick Melson Elected New President of Moody Bible Institute: ‘Will seek God’s wisdom’ to Lead Next Chapter
Rick Melson has been elected the new president of Moody Bible Institute, months after his predecessor announced plans to step down
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Filipino church develops generous disciples | Baptist Press
PUEBLO, Colo. – For Arod Javier, the first-time pastor replanting Living Faith, church growth is not his first priority. Making disciples who make disciples is. If that happens, the Filipino immigrant believes, the congregation will grow in God’s way and in God’s time.
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Global Evangelical Leaders Call Churches to Mark Creation Sunday on Sept. 6
Leaders from the World Evangelical Alliance, Baptist World Alliance, and the Lausanne/WEA Creation Care Network joined representatives of several other global Christian bodies Wednesday in a joint webinar calling churches worldwide to observe Creation Sunday on Sept. 6 — calling creation care an act of worship and discipleship, not a political cause.
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Better Together: The Unending Impact of a Typical Southern Baptist Church | Baptist Press
If you want to get Mark Clifton talking, ask him about a church’s impact on its community and beyond. Want to see him find another gear? Call those churches “small.”
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Caution against the Church prioritising domineering leadership in America’s current cultural moment
Barna findings released in September 2025 revealed a surprising upward shift of Millennials and Gen Z Christians attending church in the USA, with more men than women in attendance. This has been correlated with an increase in Christian Nationalism and domineering leadership. But the Church is called to an upside down kingdom. We must teach newcomers to imitate Jesus in his self-giving love for the flourishing of everyone around them.
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Faith Without Frontiers Explores Grief, Apologetics and Reaching Africa’s Next Generation with Andy Mburu
In today's episode of Faith Without Frontiers, host Gordon Showell-Rogers travels to Nairobi, Kenya, to speak with Andy Mburu, founder of Litmus Africa, about one of the greatest challenges facing the African church: reaching a generation that is asking difficult questions about faith, identity and truth.
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Houston Christian University President Robert B. Sloan Dies Suddenly at 77
Loading the Audio Player... Houston Christian University President Robert B. Sloan, Jr. died unexpectedly on Saturday. He was 77. HCU Board Chairman Ramiro Peña issued a statemen...
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Better together: Chitwood encourages partnerships for Gospel witness | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptist efforts to spread the Gospel worldwide are receiving boosts from the Cooperative Program reallocation as well as new partnerships, International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood said during the recent SBC Annual Meeting.
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CP giving remains about 3 percent under budget for the year | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – Cooperative Program giving for June was below the budget goal for the month. Total giving remains a little more than 3 percent under budget for the year. In actual dollars, year-to-date giving ($140,927,408.94) is close to the amount given through June of last year ($141,224,321.92) – a…
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Houston Christian University President Dies Suddenly | Baptist Press
HOUSTON (BP) – Robert Sloan, Jr., president of Houston Christian University, died on the morning of July 4, the school announced in a press release that day.
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World Christianity insists we listen to majority world theology
In a lecture series at China Evangelical Seminary back in April, Alexander Chow, Senior Lecturer in Theology and World Christianity at New College, University of Edinburgh, established the need for Christians worldwide to listen to theologians from the Majority World. The future of the Global Church depends on us having ears to hear.
