2024 SBC Annual Meeting Schedule announced
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – A preliminary schedule for the Southern Baptist Convention 2024 Annual Meeting June 11-12 in Indianapolis was released March 18 by the Committee on Order of Business.
Baptism in totality, Gospel outreaches, church festivals mark solar eclipse
SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio (BP) – Pastor Billy Glover sought the best Gospel witness when 3 minutes and 52 seconds of totality covers Steel City Church in the solar eclipse April 8. He’s offering baptisms in total darkness in the church parking lot.
Kendrick Brothers revive favorite characters in new release ‘The Forge’
ALBANY, Ga. (BP) – It mirrors a family reunion from the best of the Kendrick Brothers’ work. “The Forge,” releasing in August, revives beloved characters from “War Room” and features actors from “Courageous” and “Overcomer.”
China most religiously restrictive government globally, Pew says
WASHINGTON (BP) – China is the most religiously oppressive government globally, Pew Research Center said in its latest study of 193 countries, citing the banning of religious publications, broadcasting and worship among 20 categories of persecution.
African and Caribbean pastors collaborate to engage diasporas in SBC life
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Ethiopian church planter Fisseha Tesfaye expresses excitement about the newly formed African and Caribbean Church Collective of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Michael Clary to be nominated for SBC first vice president
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Jared Moore will nominate Cincinnati Pastor Michael Clary for Southern Baptist Convention first vice president at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Moore told Baptist Press March 11. Moore is a candidate for SBC president.
Haitian gang violence, political turmoil hinder Southern Baptist work
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (BP) – As escalating gang violence and political instability threaten civil war in Haiti, Southern Baptist Haitian leaders who collaborate closely with ministers there are forced to postpone outreaches.
Ukrainian Baptist leaders tortured by Russia find voice in U.S. citizen
KYIV, Ukraine (BP) – Russian soldiers captured Azat, a Ukrainian Baptist pastor, on one of his many trips to deliver humanitarian aid to Mariupol as Russia ravaged the city in the early months of the war.
Christian women punished for praying aloud in Nicaraguan prison
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (BP) -- Christian women wrongfully imprisoned in Nicaragua have been beaten and denied time outdoors for praying aloud with rosaries, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reported March 6.
French evangelicals voice objection to constitutionalized abortion
VERSAILLES, France (BP) – Evangelicals in France voiced a measured objection to the enshrinement of abortion in the country’s constitution in advance of the historic move March 4, citing concerns for freedoms of conscience, expression and opinion.