News Articles

CORDOVA, Tenn (July 8, 2025) – The pastor search committee at Bellevue Baptist Church has unanimously recommended that Ben Mandrell, CEO of Lifeway Christian Resources become the church’s next senior pastor. Mandrell will preach in view of a call on July 13. The congregation will vote on the committee’s choice after a 10 a.m. service. 

DALLAS (BP) – SBC Worship, a new collaboration between The Worship Initiative and a broad swath of the Southern Baptist family, has attracted thousands of churches in its first month of operation at sbcworship.com, Robbie Seay told Baptist Press.

KERRVILLE, Texas (BP) – On most days, it’s easy to see why families have flocked to this area for generations. The typically low, tranquil Guadalupe River backdrops activities like swimming, fishing, tubing and kayaking. The hills bring winding roads loved by motorcyclists and trails popular with hikers.   

KERRVILLE— In the wake of the catastrophic flooding of the Guadalupe River and as the death toll continues to rise, teams from the Southern Baptists of Texas Disaster Relief and the Baptist General Convention of Texas (Texans on Mission) arrived onsite in the Texas Hill Country. 

David Englehart, the campus director of New Mexico State University’s Christian Challenge, was moved with emotion as he recalled a quiet, but stunning moment in his life some 30 years earlier during a trip to Central Asia.

HONOLULU, Hawaii – When a church the size of Wai‘alae Baptist is following a Great Commission call, one of the constant needs is more workers to reach more people, says Pastor Matt Sanders.

Washington (BP) – A budget reconciliation bill defunding Planned Parenthood and enacting several other Southern Baptist priorities was signed into law Friday (July 4) by President Trump.

ANTARCTICA – For the small number of believers at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, the transition from one military chaplain to another can bring with it a degree of trepidation and uncertainty. However, when the transition included two Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary alumni, things looked different.

NASHVILLE (BP) – For distributing the Bible and sharing the Gospel in the Soviet Union, Aleksei Kharlamov’s great-grandfather was sent to Siberia and never heard from again. His grandfather and father both were persecuted for being Baptist pastors. Growing up in post-Soviet Moscow, Kharlamov was called a cult member for being a Baptist.

David was quickly discounted as a rival for the giant Goliath in the biblical account, but David viewed the challenge differently. Perhaps the story is widely known because David’s reliance on God tipped the scales.