Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) President Bart Barber has announced the members and leaders of those making up the Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force (ARITF). Messengers to the annual meeting in Anaheim tasked Barber, pastor of First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas, with the responsibility as part of the approved recommendations from the Sexual Abuse Task Force, chaired by North Carolina pastor Bruce Frank... read more
In the midst of the back-to-school season, Southern Baptist churches are loving and serving the students, teachers and schools in their communities. Churches are meeting needs in a variety of ways including hosting back-to-school bashes, offering free school supplies and giving away free backpacks... read more
The freedom of churches and other religious organizations to make employment decisions based on their beliefs has again gained support in the federal court system. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago dismissed July 28 a former guidance counselor’s lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and a Catholic high school... read more
The greatest problem in the world is lostness. The only solution to the world’s greatest problem is the gospel. The biblical example for taking the gospel to the lost is by physical presence. And for Southern Baptists, physical missionary presence to the nations is how we cooperate to fulfill both the Great Commission and the Great Multitude pictured in Revelation 7:9... read more
FINA, the world governing body for swimming, released new guidelines for transgender athletes. A working group, assembled last fall, presented suggested policies that do not allow male-to-female transgender athletes to compete in women’s categories in FINA events unless their transition began before the age of 12, or before they reach a specified level of puberty... read more
N.C. pastor’s recovery fuels ministry to people stuck in addictions
N.C. Baptists help ‘restore hope’ to Kentucky flood victims
N.C. Baptists deploy teams to assist Kentucky amid fatal floods
North Carolina association partners with language churches to ‘penetrate darkness’
Professor David Allen departs Southwestern Seminary
The Bible is loaded with material on the subject of prayer. Examples of faithful, praying servants of God are all over the pages of the Old Testament... read more
FINA, the world governing body for swimming, released new guidelines for transgender athletes. A working group, assembled last fall, presented suggested policies that do not allow male-to-female transgender athletes to compete in women’s categories in FINA events unless their transition began before the age of 12, or before they reach a specified level of puberty... read more
Disaster relief was one of my first and formative experiences of being involved in missions. To be honest, I really didn’t know what I was doing... read more