Authorities identified Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a 48-year-old former Brown University graduate student, as the suspect in two separate recent shootings. Police believe that Valente killed two peo...
TAMPA, Fla. (BP) – Hurricane Milton may have blown half the shingles off the roof causing leaks, cut off electricity to the building, and pushed standing water inside the main foyer and other rooms at COMOR Baptist Church in Tampa last week, but that did not keep the Haitian congregation from gathering…
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Episcopal Church, and the United Methodist Church — among other Christian denominations — have committed to divestment from the fossil fuel industry.
SARASOTA, Fla. (BP) — Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene struck Florida’s Big Bend, Category 3 Hurricane Milton made landfall Oct. 9 near Siesta Key, a barrier island located off the coast of Sarasota.
NASHVILLE (BP) — Hurricane Katrina’s destruction in 2005 to New Orleans and surrounding areas prompted a yearslong response by Southern Baptist churches and Disaster Relief personnel, with volunteer recruitment for the latter spiking up to 80,000. Coy Webb, director for Send Relief Crisis Response, wouldn’t be surprised to see something similar…
The Mexican state-owned PEMEX oil refinery in southeast Texas was the scene of a fatal hydrogen sulfide leak on Thursday afternoon, the city of Deer Park said. The leak killed two workers and injured ...
FRESNO, Calif. (BP) – Hmong Southern Baptist churches across the nation followed the lead of the SBC. They have been preaching all year on the theme of “One Mind, One Voice” and Romans 15:5-6, the theme of the SBC annual meeting in June.
More than two years after he was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly fatally shooting his wife s lover after discovering their affair, Matthew Dedmon, the former pastor of Heritage Baptist
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (BP) -- Diane Traynor is not really a fan of hurricanes, but after their arrival she springs into action–ready to offer soothing words, a listening ear and the hope of Christ.
SARASOTA -- As Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 storm, made landfall just after 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 9, near Siesta Key, Florida Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are now setting up a command center at Sarasota’s Colonial Oaks Baptist Church, which will serve as headquarters for disaster relief leaders to begin assessing damage and…
AIKEN, S.C. (BP) -- In the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destructive path through South Carolina, students from Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) groups at The Citadel and College of Charleston partnered with South Carolina Baptist Disaster Relief to provide critical aid and support to impacted communities.
