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NAMB trustees gain frontline view of Navy chaplaincy during San Diego Board gathering

NEW By Mike Ebert, posted February 6, 2026

SAN DIEGO – North American Mission Board (NAMB) trustees gathered Feb. 2-3 in San Diego for their winter Board of Trustees meeting, combining ministry exposure, fellowship and governance during a two-day schedule that included a tour of a U.S. Navy ship, a celebration dinner and full board and committee meetings.

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Liberian Baptists hungry for IMB partnership

Matt and Kayla Searson answered a job request to serve as missionaries in Liberia. The job sat unanswered for six years. They work with Liberia Baptist Convention to promote and develop healthy churches. IMB Photo

By Sue Sprenkle, posted February 9, 2026 in International Mission Board

For more than 30 years, International Mission Board missionaries were absent from Liberia. Civil war and unrest tore through the small West African nation, forcing missionaries to evacuate and leave churches without the support they once knew.

Bailey Mullens is the founder of Divine Creative Ministries and co-host of the "Get to the Heart" podcast. The nonprofit took on what it perceived as religious bias at Microsoft. Photo courtesy of Divine Creative Ministries

By Scott Barkley, posted February 9, 2026 in Religious Liberty

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (BP) – Divine Creative Ministries is a nonprofit organization that bills itself as “a discipleship-centered ministry advancing the Gospel through creativity and technology.” Last year, those convictions placed it at odds with a secular company over that company’s nonprofit discount.

By Laura Erlanson, posted February 9, 2026 in Education, Religious Liberty

HANNIBAL, Mo. (BP) – A lawsuit brought by Hannibal-LaGrange University against the U.S. Department of Education was settled last week after the DOE issued new guidance making the lawsuit unnecessary.

Paul Schommer (USA) - IBU World Cup Biathlon, sprint men, Hochfilzen (AUT). www.nordicfocus.com. © Thibaut/NordicFocus. Used by permission

By Tim Ellsworth, posted February 9, 2026 in Sports

MILAN, Italy (BP)--For biathlon competitors like Paul Schommer, the sport is a demonstration of athletic opposites.

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By Kelvin J. Washington, posted February 9, 2026 in First Person

Christians have an opportunity to be a prophetic witness that can expose darkness and called people into the marvelous light. We have an opportunity to show through word and deed that racism is unacceptable in our understanding of the Christian faith.