The widow of the recently deceased Christian author and publisher Robert Wolgemuth, remembered by ministry leaders as a legend in Christian publishing, has revealed the heartfelt note she left for
Glenn Swarthout has been a church planter in the western U.S. for decades, and each of the churches he helped start gave 10 percent through CP. "It's the way Southern Baptists work together to spread the Gospel here in the West and throughout the world," he said.
The SBC Executive Committee announced today that Cooperative Program giving in the SBC is above budget for the fiscal year by 5.02 percent, and FY 2020 giving remains slightly ahead of last year's pace by 0.37 percent.
If every Southern Baptist increased giving to international missions by the price of a single cup of coffee over the next five years, the International Mission Board would see historic growth in the number of missionaries it could fund.
SBC Executive Committee chairman Mike Stone has named the six members of a study task force that was authorized by the group at their February 2020 meeting last week.
Southern Baptist Convention pastor J.D. Greear analyzes reasons baptisms may be declining the SBC and proposes some solutions.
Three Christians in northern India spent more than two months in jail suffering abuse from other prisoners, even though police found no evidence of wrongdoing and the complainant retracted his accusation, sources said.
Vision 2025 is not simply a slogan or rallying cry," Ronnie Floyd says. "It's a path forward to help us reimagine a new future together of reaching the world for Jesus Christ."
Southern Baptists' outreach during the 1980 Winter Olympics was the beginning of Lake Placid Baptist Church, which is still serving the community of Lake Placid, N.Y., 40 years later.
A seminary president has warned The Episcopal Church leadership will cease to have any Sunday worship attendance in 30 years at the current rate of decline.
Acting on a recommendation by the Southern Baptist Convention Credentials Committee, the SBC Executive Committee voted Tuesday (Feb. 18) to disfellowship Ranchland Heights Baptist Church of Midland, Texas, from the SBC because of its employment of a lifetime registered sex offender as pastor.
