GULFPORT, Miss. (BP) — The people of First Baptist Church are very familiar with what it feels like to have your world swept away. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina took a hard right in the Gulf and barreled north, eventually making landfall along Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama... read more
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – The church doors would remain open, David Crosby decided after the levees failed New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina. Someone from the Midwest sent a huge generator to First Baptist Church of New Orleans, Crosby’s pastorate at the time, enabling the church to reopen as soon as the law allowed... read more
NEW ORLEANS –– As with any major storm, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) crews staged personnel and equipment in several inland cities in August 2005 as Hurricane Katrina prepared to make landfall... read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The fall 2025 convocation at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Boyce College marked the beginning of a new academic term, celebrating the new while grounding all the work of the seminary and college in the unchanging Christian faith... read more
NASHVILLE (BP) — Pastors and college football megafans George Schroeder and Dean Inserra have kicked off the third season of “Gridiron and the Gospel,” a podcast dedicated to the sport but also matters of faith... read more
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‘Navigating the SBC’ resources now in multiple languages
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When a logo speaks, people listen, church brand strategist says