PAULS VALLEY, Okla. – Two weeks ago, an armed gunman entered Pauls Valley High School with the plan to do significant harm, according to police. However, when Principal Kirk Moore heard the commotion, he jumped in and intervened, saving lives and becoming a hero.
Former Hillsong pastors Zhenya and Vera Kasevich allege that Hillsong founder Brian Houston was always aware of Carl Lentz’s immoral behavior, yet refused to address his actions due to his popularity.
Village Church Pastor Matt Chandler told his congregation that, for Christians, “suffering is normal” and stressed that only Christianity — not the secular world or other religions — handles suffering, trials and pain “honestly.”
A Southern Baptist relief organization recently hosted several aid efforts in Mississippi, including one at a church that helped to oversee a free dental care event.
Disciple-making is the primary call of every pastor, and most recognize this as a skill they should continue to develop as church leaders. According to the latest release in Lifeway Research’s 2022 Greatest Needs of Pastors study, U.S. Protestant pastors say disciple-making and technology are the two areas of skill development they most…
FORT WORTH (BP) – When Ramon Velez came from his native Puerto Rico, it was to seek medical care for his daughter who suffers from a neurological condition. He didn’t expect that God’s path for him would include pastoring a church. Now that church, Una Nueva Familia, is experiencing tremendous…
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Javier Chavez, pastor of Amistad Cristiana Church in Gainesville, Ga., will be a candidate for the recording secretary position at this summer’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. The announcement came March 30 in a statement released by the leadership team of Amistad Cristiana International, Inc., the…
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. (BP) – The Baptist Convention of New England has changed its name to the Baptist Churches of New England, per a vote by its board on March 17. Founded in 1983, the BCNE’s new name reflects an updated approach to ministry, said its executive director, Terry Dorsett. “While…
As the shared compassion ministry of the International Mission Board (IMB) and the North American Mission Board (NAMB), Send Relief is working through a vast network of IMB missionaries, field partners and local churches to care for Ukrainian refugees across Eastern Europe. The IMB’s long-term relationships in Ukraine have aided…
A few years ago, I read the SBC president at the time was considering different gavels for presiding at the SBC Annual Meeting. One of the options under consideration was the Armstrong gavel. I sent him an email with this message: This weekend I did a bit of reading on…
Weeks before his trial begins in May, the defense team of controversial megachurch leader Naasón Joaquín García, who is accused of multiple sex crimes, including making sex videos with minor girls from his flock at La Luz Del Mundo, has accused prosecutors in California of fabricating evidence in his case.
