CP’s early support and continued impact compel church and pastor’s giving
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (BP) – The Cooperative Program helped St. Joe Community Church get its footing 23 years ago. It’s one reason Pastor Greg Byman and the congregation pay it forward by giving through CP, but certainly not the only one.
STATE MEETINGS: North Carolina; Ohio
NC Baptists launch new missions effort, send missionaries; Ohio Baptists celebrate God’s work across their state.
Former SBC president Luter announces 2026 retirement; son voted to succeed him
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Noah Lewis recalls a certain fire in the voice of Fred Luter Jr., the first time he heard him preach, perhaps a gift developed as Luter bellowed God’s Word on the streets of New Orleans in the mid-1980s.
Southern Baptist pastors offer varied but regular Gospel invitations, study finds
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – If you walk into a worship service at a Southern Baptist church, chances are you will hear the pastor offer a Gospel invitation. More than likely, they’ll also ask you to respond in person, not digitally.
STATE MEETINGS: West Virginia, Iowa
West Virginia Southern Baptists celebrate unity and a growing ‘family on mission’; Iowa Baptists focused on Gospel advance.
STATE MEETINGS: Florida, Mississippi
Florida Baptists called to ‘renewed fervor to evangelism’; Mississippi Baptist annual meeting sees 20 percent jump in attendance.
STATE MEETINGS: Michigan, Minnesota-Wisconsin
Michigan 2025 focuses on church strengthening; Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptists commission strategic planning team.
Smith’s Spurgeon Lectures sermons deal with burden, joy, foolishness of preaching
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Renowned preacher and professor Robert Smith delivered lectures on the burden, joy and foolishness of preaching at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Spurgeon Lectures on Biblical Preaching earlier this month.
FIRST-PERSON: Why we need Peter’s letters more than ever
Lately, I’ve noticed a quiet anxiety settling over so many believers I know. It feels as if the world is coming undone, truth from Scripture is dismissed as outdated, and convictions that once brought respect now draw ridicule.
ERLC laments SCOTUS pass on revisiting 2015 same-sex marriage ruling
WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to revisit its 2015 ruling on same-sex marriage misses a chance to right the matter but doesn’t change God’s Word, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Interim President Gary Hollingsworth told Baptist Press.
