Deacon with a disability serves Lubbock church
LUBBOCK, Texas – Victor Reta, a member of Bacon Heights Baptist Church, lives with “very severe” aphasia, a language disability that affects one’s ability to speak and understand what others say. Even so, he serves in several capacities on Sunday mornings despite his disability.
Supreme Court to hear ‘conversion therapy’ ban case next week
WASHINGTON (BP) – The case of a Colorado counselor’s right to express her faith values while discussing issues such as same-sex attraction and gender identity with adolescents will appear before the Supreme Court next Tuesday, Oct. 7.
STATE MEETINGS: New York, Alaska
New York focuses on relationships; Alaska Baptists celebrate 80 years.
FIRST-PERSON: Spiritual formation in the Age of the Algorithm
We are shaped and formed by our loves and affections. They inform what we think is important and what we value. As Augustine reminds us, our loves drive us toward a trajectory of worship.1 We worship what we love, and we live based on what we love. But, you and I know that because of the Fall, we have to be supernaturally directed by God to rightly order our worship and our loves.
Bible Study: Resurrection hope
Death is part of the life cycle. But as Christians, we can be assured of new life after death, as seen in Jesus’ resurrection.
2025 SBC Annual now available
NASHVILLE (BP) – Minutes, facts and figures are what you’ll find in the SBC Annual, and the 604-page 2025 edition is available now at SBC.net.
ERLC presidential search committee asks for prayer, issues prayer guide
NASHVILLE (BP) – The presidential search committee of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) is asking Southern Baptists to pray for them as they begin their work.
FIRST-PERSON: Preaching hard verses
The Bible accurately predicted a time, which I believe has come, when most would not endure sound doctrine but would accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their sinful desires, wanting to have their ears tickled.
Inspired by seminary instruction, SWBTS alumni start family discipling ministry
FORT WORTH, Texas – When Dallas and Martha Harvey packed up their life in New Jersey to move to Fort Worth so that Dallas could begin pursuing his Master of Divinity at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, their goal was to be prepared for future church roles. Three years later, however, it has stirred a calling that has launched a ministry reaching families across the country.
Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition arrives at Museum of the Bible
WASHINGTON (BP) – Dead Sea Scroll fragments and hundreds of other artifacts will be on display starting Nov. 22 at the Museum of the Bible’s “Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition,” brought in partnership with the Israel Antiquities Authority.
