News Articles by Scott Barkley

NASHVILLE (BP) – Four years after schools shut down due to fears about COVID-19, with some extending the absence of in-person learning through the 2020-21 academic year, the data is in.

VALDOSTA, Ga. (BP) — A table sits inside the office of David Williams, campus minister for the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at Valdosta State University. It’s not a coffee table – small and made to hold magazines or mugs on a coaster. It’s taller and larger, one that welcomes extended conversations.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (BP) — With its manicured greens, blooming azaleas and a spectator menu featuring prices from yesteryear, the scene at Augusta National Golf Club in the first full week of April is, indeed, a tradition unlike any other.

NASHVILLE (BP) — A number of schools associated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) have expressed support over a policy approved by the group’s Council of Presidents stating that only student-athletes whose biological sex is female may participate in female sports.

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – The namesake of the Land Center for Cultural Engagement as well as its current director have joined two Ukrainian Baptist leaders in a letter urging House Speaker Mike Johnson to “consider the plight of Christians” suffering brutality at the hands of invading Russian forces in Ukraine.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (BP) — Northwoods Church joined others Monday in opening its doors for those wanting to see the last total eclipse to cross the U.S. for another 20 years.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP) – Steven Smith’s final Sunday as pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock will be April 7, he announced to the congregation March 27.

NASHVILLE (BP) — The four men who have announced their willingness to be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention president in June addressed issues such as sexual abuse reforms in the SBC, a constitutional amendment calling for only males to serve as pastors of any kind, what is “friendly cooperation” in the SBC and transparency among entities.

NASHVILLE (BP)—Last Thursday marked 28 months and 21 days since the Executive Committee had a president/CEO in place. In that time, four candidates emerged among two search teams and one name consistently came up.

EUHARLEE, Ga. (BP) — It was a hot day in September 2021, and Vanessa McWhorter jostled with a sweaty toddler in the football stands watching her son push other boys around on the field.