More than 220 Florida Baptist pastors and leaders were challenged by SBC Executive Committee President Ronnie Floyd to mobilize messengers “for the sake of the gospel” to attend the SBC annual meeting, June 9-10, 2020, in Orlando.

The “Caring Well Challenge” to help Southern Baptists address sexual abuse will launch this Sunday (Aug. 25) in about 750 churches. Caring Well Sunday will mark the next step in an eight-part, 12-month effort to help equip churches to...

Eight state Baptist conventions – at their own initiative – are moving toward sweeping changes. The conventions’ goal: adding value to their churches.

Cahya* sped home on his motorbike, desperate to see his family in the wake of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. He had waited 30 minutes – long enough to let the tremors subside – but a sudden landslide took him by surprise. The treacherous...

Send Relief celebrated the start of construction of a new ministry center in Puerto Rico with a ceremonial groundbreaking on Monday, Aug. 19. As the compassion ministry arm of the North American Mission Board, Send Relief expects the new facility...

The second-worst Ebola epidemic in history is taking place in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The disease has claimed more than 1,900 lives since the outbreak garnered World Health Organization concern in August of last...

One of Planned Parenthood’s government revenue streams has officially dried up for now. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America confirmed Aug. 19 it would not abide by the Trump administration’s new rule that prohibits federal...

When short-term memory loss from hydrocephalus made it difficult for Jack Stallings, 74, to continue as pastor of Collinswood Baptist Church, he turned to his long-time friend Robert Lee. Would Lee, who had led the majority black Fairwood Agape...