Teen Charged for Causing $300K in Damage at Virginia Megachurch
A teenager has been charged with inflicting approximately 300,000 in damages to a large nondenominational worship center in Virginia
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In North Carolina, Sound of Chainsaws Brings Hope As Faith-Based Workers Clear Roads
While emergency officials continue to search for victims of Hurricane Helene, faith-based groups start the long, slow cleanup efforts.
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Florida Church ‘making a way’ for Hope after Helene | Baptist Press
MADISON, Fla. (BP) – In the wake of Hurricane Helene, the Madison community in north Florida has found itself in yet another season of recovery.
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South Carolina Baptist facilities damaged, ‘yellow-shirt army’ deployed | Baptist Press
GREENVILLE, S.C. – SCBaptist Disaster Relief volunteers are currently providing shower units, laundry units, feeding units, chainsaw units, incident management, chaplains and damage assessors at locations across South Carolina that were affected by Hurricane Helene.
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Georgia Judge Overturns Six-Week Abortion Ban
A superior court judge in Georgia overturned the state's six-week abortion ban Sept. 30 calling it unconstitutional .
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Justice Department Calls Conditions of Georgia Prisons Inhumane
The U.S. Department of Justice declared on Tuesday that the conditions within Georgia state prisons violate prisoners’ Eighth Amendment rights protections against cruel and unusual punishment. The d...
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Va. School District Pays $575K Settlement to Teacher Fired for Not Using Trans Pronouns
A Virginia public school district has agreed to pay 575,000 to resolve a lawsuit brought by a Christian teacher who was fired for refusing to use the self-declared pronouns of a trans-identified
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Gov. Cooper, Sen. Tillis encourage NC Baptist volunteers during visits to western NC | Baptist Press
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…
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Georgia Baptists allocate $1M for direct support of churches affected by Helene | Baptist Press
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…
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Florida Baptists, others answering the call to serve after Helene | Baptist Press
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.
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Crews Search for Survivors in North Carolina’s Mountains Days after Helene’s Deluge | Baptist Press
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.
