The Gem State is Largely Unreached; Reach Idaho Wants to Change That | Baptist Press
Reach Idaho's first big goal is a Southern Baptist church in every county in the state.
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STATE MEETINGS: Tennessee, Maryland-Delaware | Baptist Press
TBC Summit 2025: Advancing Together By David Dawson/Baptist and Reflector JACKSON, Tenn. – Summit 2025 focused on celebration, collaboration and cooperation. The annual gathering of Tennessee Baptists was a display of unity, as messengers gathered at West Jackson Baptist Church and unanimously elected Dan Spencer as president, approved a $35…
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‘Speak truth to power’: Church Bodies Demand Accountability after Tanzania Poll Violence
Church groups have condemned what they describe as grave human rights abuses and deadly state violence in Tanzania, urging authorities to halt the crackdown and protect basic freedoms following a disputed national election.
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‘A great cloud of witnesses’: Baylor dedicates memorial honoring enslaved people who built the university
The legacy of the enslaved men, women and children who built and sustained the early years of Baylor University was formally honored last week with the unveiling of a new “Memorial to Enslaved Persons” on the Texas campus. The tribute marks the first permanent campus structure dedicated to acknowledging the role of enslaved labor in the university’s founding in 1845.
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Bishops Affirm Catholic Hospitals’ Transgender Policy
Firefighters and emergency workers wave at patients and medical workers on a sky bridge at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., April 17, 2020. Associated Press / Photo by Char...
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Reminding churches to invest in their missional purpose
What are the chances that churches could devote 50% of their budgets for missions? Some prove that it is possible to grow from giving beyond themselves to see the gospel embedded in places where it currently has little influence.
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Bans on Baptist Churches Surge in Russia
Russian courts intensified civil bans on Baptist churches for meeting without state permission in the past year, according to rights group Forum 18.
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Pastor in Nigeria facing death threats for pleas for protection
A pastor in Nigeria is facing death threats for speaking out on Islamic extremist attacks on Christians and calling for protection against “genocide.”
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CP’s early support and continued impact compel church and pastor’s giving | Baptist Press
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (BP) – The Cooperative Program helped St. Joe Community Church get its footing 23 years ago. It’s one reason Pastor Greg Byman and the congregation pay it forward by giving through CP, but certainly not the only one.
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Reformed Council Celebrates 50-Year Anniversary
The North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council, or NAPARC, is celebrating its 50th anniversary on Wednesday evening at Beaver Falls, Pa., where the council was formed decades earlier. Five deno...
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STATE MEETINGS: West Virginia, Iowa | Baptist Press
West Virginia Southern Baptists celebrate unity and a growing ‘family on mission’ By Cleve Persinger/WVCSB ELKINS, W.Va. – The West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists gathered Nov. 6-7 for its 55th annual meeting, celebrating unity and renewed mission focus alongside the introduction of a new executive director-treasurer, Danny Rumple. WVCSB…
