NASHVILLE (BP) -- “Someone asked me the other day how I felt about launching a church this weekend,” Derrick DeLain, lead pastor of Proclamation Church said this morning during a phone call. “I’m hyped, but like it is when you’re getting ready to play in a big game, you almost feel like you’re about to throw up, too. We’re excited about it and ready – Hey, you mind holding on a second?”

HENRICO, Va. (BP) – In its ninth year, a partnership between the Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV) and the Ghana Baptist Convention is looking to decrease the number of malaria cases even more while increasing the number of church plants.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (BP) – First Baptist Church here served as the official starting point for the Alaska Baptist Convention at its organizational meeting March 27-28, 1946. Now known as the Alaska Baptist Resource Network, the ministries resulting from that gathering decades ago were honored, again at First Baptist Church, on March 26-27.

EULESS, Texas (BP) - La multitud de aproximadamente 700 jóvenes hispanos cantó y se movió a la música de los cantantes y músicos cristianos en Cross City Español el viernes por la noche, 19 de marzo. El pastor Humberto González no se sorprendió al ver esto. De hecho, espera verlo más y más.

EULESS, Texas (BP) – The crowd of approximately 700 Hispanic young people sang and swayed to the Christian singers and musicians at Cross City Español Friday night, March 19. The sight didn’t surprise Pastor Humberto Gonzalez. In fact, it’s one he expects to see more and more.

OHATCHEE, Ala. (BP) – Southern Baptist Disaster Relief units from Alabama and Georgia have begun assessing and cleaning up damage left by a series of tornadoes Thursday (March 25) that resulted in six deaths.

DURHAM, N.C (BP) – There is no evidence that Bryan Loritts discouraged anyone from reporting sexual abuse when he was pastor at a Memphis church, according to an independent review launched by his current employer, The Summit Church.

ROY, N.M. (BP) – Pastor Roy Mitchell will never forget that summer in the late 1970s when he got plastered every day.

LUTZ, Fla. (BP) – Hay un precio que muchos graduados de escuelas del área de Tampa tienen que pagar. Es un precio que muchos tienen problemas para alcanzar. Gracias a Idlewild Baptist Church, ese pago ha sido pagado.

LUTZ, Fla. (BP) – There’s a price to pay for many graduating seniors of Tampa-area schools. It’s a price many have trouble meeting.