SBC Life Articles by Tess Schoonhoven

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) – Like a lot of cities, Kansas City has seen a dramatic increase in violent crime this year. And at least one pastor is looking to do something about it.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Las reuniones programadas para el Comité Ejecutivo de la Comisión Bautista del Sur en Nashville del 21 al 22 de septiembre se han cancelado y remplazado con una junta especial que se realizará a través del internet el 22 de septiembre.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) – In the heat of the 2020 presidential campaign, Sampey Memorial Baptist Church in Alabama is "campaigning for Jesus" with thousands of yard signs.

NASHVILLE (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee meeting scheduled to be held in Nashville Sept. 21-22 has been canceled and replaced with a special called meeting, to be held online Sept. 22.

NASHVILLE (BP) -- In a B-29 flying above Japan in 1945, a bomb prematurely ignited. Army Sgt. Henry Eugene "Red" Erwin picked up the still-burning device and walked it through the plane to throw it out the window, saving the plane and its crew. He was left with severe injuries and was not expected to survive.

NASHVILLE (BP) -- Zach Williams and For KING & COUNTRY led the way in nominations for the 51st annual GMA Dove Awards, which were announced Thursday (August 12). Each had five. Hillsong Worship, Kirk Franklin and Jonathan McReynolds were nominated in four categories.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (BP) -- Flash flooding rolled through the St. Joseph, Mo., area beginning July 20, displacing families and rendering many homes unsafe. But as the community was thrown into need, individuals and organizations within the community stepped in to help rebuild and provide immediate necessities.

PORTLAND, Ore. (BP) -- "Don't give up on Portland. This is a place filled with people that Christ has died for," pleaded Aaron Bennett, pastor of Garden Church in downtown Portland. Bennett said news in recent weeks from the city, which has been roiled by unrest, protesting and violence, might tempt some in the Christian community to regard it as hopeless. But according to Bennett, the hunger for the Gospel and the need for peace and hope has never been greater.

MUNFORD, Ala. (BP) -- A barbecue restaurant, a fast food place or two and a department store are about all the town of Munford has, according to Reese Gill, student pastor at Munford Baptist Church. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Gill and the other 250 or so people who attended Sunday morning worship services at Munford Baptist were accustomed to giving their tithes and offerings in physical form -- checks and paper bills.

SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (BP) -- The greatest apologetics any Christian can proclaim is the way they live their lives, according to David Evans, pastor of Springfield Baptist Church in Springfield, Tenn. "It's not the argument; it's not the debate," Evans said. "... If we shrink back in [our life], we have no apologetic."