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...
ARDEN, N.C. — In separate trips to western North Carolina in recent days, Gov. Roy Cooper and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis encouraged N.C. Baptist volunteers serving at Biltmore Church’s Arden campus, which is one of several churches in the region that has become a distribution center serving area residents impacted…
SUWANEE, Ga. — The Georgia Baptist Mission Board's Financial Services Committee announced a special allocation of $500,000 dollars on Tuesday, Oct. 1, specifically to support Mission Georgia's efforts to provide direct assistance to Georgia Baptist churches, impacted ministerial staff, and community support. In addition, the Georgia Baptist Health Care Ministry Foundation approved a…
When there’s not a lot you can do, you do what you can. Category 4 Hurricane Helene lashed out with high winds and storm surge in Otter Creek, a small community located about 20 miles east of Cedar Key, leaving widespread damage and power outages in its wake.
SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris on Tuesday looking in the mountains of western North Carolina for victims of Hurricane Helene, days after the storm carved a deadly and destructive path through the Southeast.
The widower of the-late United Methodist Church pastor, the Rev Autura Eason-Williams, cursed the final suspect involved in her killing, Eduard Rodriguez-Tabora, to a life without peace on Monday,
This issue of A Public Witness explores alarming new moves to implement Christian Nationalistic ideas in Indiana and Oklahoma before considering a glimmer of hope in Texas.
Before the storm hit the US, the Salvation Army and Southern Baptists were already on their way to lend a hand. Faith-based groups make up more than half of the disaster relief organizations in the United States.
NASHVILLE (BP) – The death toll has topped 100 as residents of the southeast United States face the effects of Hurricane Helene. Search and rescue teams are still working in multiple states as people struggle to find adequate water and electricity. SendRelief is working to assist in the coordination of…
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) — As counties in western North Carolina and surrounding areas continue to grapple with unprecedented devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, N.C. Baptist disaster response volunteers are partnering with churches to assist local residents with the long journey of recovery.
Vance’s remarks seemed aimed at quelling some of the controversy that sprang up after he and Donald Trump falsely accused Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, of eating townspeople’s pets.
