Joe Westbury

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (BP)--After nearly 40 years in youth ministry, Richard King is sure of one thing: "Teenagers are teenagers."

NEW YORK (BP)--Rubbing graffiti from a public school desktop, scraping chewing gum from under a table, preparing a wall for painting or enlisting individuals for HIV testing may not sound like the best way to spend a few vacation days, but that's how some people put feet to their faith this summer.

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--The North American Mission Board has sold its broadcast building in Fort Worth, Texas, closing a chapter on Southern Baptist involvement in broadcast media.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (BP)--Californians who don't attend church are hearing the Gospel in a cultural context this weekend that may take some off-guard.

CLEVELAND, Ga. (BP)–Emir Caner, founding dean of The College at Southwestern in Fort Worth, Texas, was elected as the eighth president of Truett-McConnell College on Aug. 8. Caner, 37, who was raised in a Sunni Muslim family in Ohio and converted to Christianity as a teenager in 1982, will become the youngest president ever to […]

ALBANY, Ga. (BP)--It's a long way from the sets of "Flywheel" and "Facing the Giants," but the filmmaking team of Alex and Stephen Kendrick is up to the challenge.       The brothers' third and latest film, "Fireproof" will be released Sept. 26. The storyline focuses on a young couple, Caleb and Catherine Holt, whose seven-year-old marriage is on the rocks.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)— Frank Page, outgoing president of the Southern Baptist Convention, reflected on his two years in office in an interview with The Christian Index of the Georgia Baptist Convention. His thoughts on Southern Baptists’ key channel of missions support -– the Cooperative Program — and other topics follow. COOPERATIVE PROGRAM Q: Two years ago […]

PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (BP)–Most new high school graduates don’t struggle with how to explain their faith to someone immersed in New Age philosophy, existentialism, or nihilism. The fact is, many of them have never heard the terms, and they certainly aren’t prepared for the challenges they will face in college from people who hold views […]

ATLANTA (BP)–Georgia Baptist disaster relief crews are on site in three locations hit by a string of tornados that rolled across the state March 14 and 15. Downtown Atlanta was hardest hit on Friday night with nearly $150 million in damages while outlying areas received varying degrees of damage. The tornado, with winds reaching 135 […]

PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (BP)--Georgia Baptists were among the first responders to the sugar refinery disaster in coastal Georgia and served in a variety of volunteer roles, said Ted Kandler, a Savannah-based ministry resource consultant with the Georgia convention.