ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) – Leaders from across Baptist state conventions and Southern Baptist entities gathered April 15-16 for a training event focused on furthering partnership across the convention. The Cooperative Program is the nearly 100-year-old mechanism for funding cooperative missions work across the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and the 41 state or regional Baptist conventions... read more
NASHVILLE (BP) — Over the next month churches will hold the annual event known as Graduate Sunday. Those days may include tables of photos in the foyer, graduates in their caps and gowns, a meal for senior and a sermon by the youth pastor, leaving parents to wonder about the science behind the speed of time... read more
FORT WORTH (BP) — The question was as sharp as it was simple. “When you die,” Steve Gaines asked, “what do you hope to do in heaven?” Gaines, senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn... read more
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) hosted an online event Monday, April 22, which focused on how Christians can approach political engagement, even beyond this year’s presidential election... read more
JERUSALEM (BP) – This Passover, Holocaust survivors in southern Israel are afraid to leave their homes, a regional messianic leader told Baptist Press, while in the U.S. anti-Israel demonstrations have disrupted operations and led to arrests at a handful of elite universities... read more
Cooperation Group to release recommendations May 1
Trustees celebrate groundbreaking, commissioning, and Akins’ 20-year milestone
Orange founder, CEO both resign amid scandal
Baptist pastor rearrested in Myanmar after mere hours of freedom
Immanuel, Little Rock volunteer arrested on sexual assault
Since its founding, the Biblical Recorder has sought to serve as a trusted news source for N.C. Baptists... read more
With the recent announcement of a sixth candidate throwing their hat into the ring for the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) presidency, the collective response has been a mix of surprise, amusement, and perhaps even a touch of exasperation... read more
Reflecting on my childhood, it’s pretty clear to me that I grew up in the world of “cultural Christianity... read more