NASHVILLE (BP) – A flood in Redford, Mich., helped boost attendance at a church’s car show, which saw 246 decisions for Christ. Meanwhile, 556 miles down the road in Stanford, Tenn., Baptists paved the way for their own automobile outreach as they prepare for the 90,000-plus people that come along with Ford Motor Company’s massive new factory.
This year, we saw heroes made of mothers, pastors and high schoolers (football stars and valedictorians). We saw a magician and a major leaguer agree on where their strength comes from. We saw God at work as families chose life and grieved death.
These are just a few of BP’s favorite stories from 2023.
246 salvations at church car show outside Motor City [1]
Pastor performs CPR during drug overdose, donates Narcan to neighboring market [2]
116 Army soldiers profess Christ at First Lawton’s Living Christmas Tree [3]
[4]North Carolina pastor reconciles with parents who abandoned him as a child [5]
John Newton’s Amazing Grace maintains eclectic appeal at 250 years [6]
Ford plant is ‘once-in-a-lifetime event’ in West Tennessee [7]
Magician Stephen Bargatze ‘realizing how great God is’ [8]
Friday nights light up brother-sister relationship [9]
Valedictorian speech based on the Gospel goes viral [10]
Darryl Strawberry says true power comes from God [11]
50 years after Vietnam War’s end, churches can help honor and heal [12]
Second Daytona 500 win in three years shows moments matter in racing and life [13]
Let’s hear it for the girl: Beauty queen earns state wrestling title [14]
Buffalo Bills chaplain: prayer for Damar began right away [15]
Proposal on second date leads to marriage of 47 years [16]
Teen’s life of faith, godly love and Bible study leaves untimely legacy [17]
Single mother knew ‘life was the choice’ [18]
‘Let the good times roll.’ Carnal New Orleans culture challenges SBC 2023 [19]