Comics from 2003

In honor of mothers, or other women who serve as guardians, plan a special time to say “Thank You” the second Sunday in May. Help children in your church Sunday school class make preparation for this important event.  The following ideas can be used for children:  • Schedule on your church calendar a special class […]

(RNS) — As the security crisis in Haiti continues, the humanitarian aid group Haiti Family Care Network is urging U.S. Christian donors to refrain from worsening the situation by donating to orphanages and to redirect their efforts instead toward initiatives helping parents support their children.

Forty International Mission Board missionaries gathered for IMB’s annual Celebration of Emeriti and lifted their voices in praise to the God they have spent a lifetime faithfully proclaiming. They sang a song their lives have embodied as they served around the world entreating the nations, all tribes and peoples and languages, to come and behold our God – the only One worthy of adoration.

NASHVILLE (BP) – The genocide that left more than 800,000 Rwandans dead and millions displaced during a 100-day period in 1994 demonstrated the depths of depravity found in hearts not redeemed by Jesus, former missionary Nik Ripken said.

“I want to be the pastor,” said the woman in our church. It was 1985, and I was a first-term missionary in Tanzania. The lady was a graduate of Tanzania’s Baptist seminary and the wife of a government official, while the other candidates were uneducated men. I explained to her why this was not biblical.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Reunidos en las oficinas de la Junta de Misiones Norteamericanas (NAMB) en la zona metropolitana de Atlanta los días 6 y 7 de mayo, los miembros de la Junta de Directivos de NAMB adquirieron un mayor conocimiento de la diversidad de la ciudad y de los retos que supone alcanzarla con el Evangelio.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) – The Lifeway camps team has been watching to see where God is working and is ready to join Him this summer through FUGE Camps and Student Life Camp by preparing a generation for revival.

Southern Baptists are transforming lives, healing communities, responding to disasters, caring for hurting people, and funding countless ministries – all at record levels.  This may be surprising news since Southern Baptists are often decried for their shortcomings.  Because of our desire for transparency – meeting every summer for two days in an open meeting to publicly discuss our problems – there is no shortage of negative stories to support the false narrative we are corrupt and declining.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – The 2024 SBC Books of Reports will guide Southern Baptists as they consider the Convention’s business at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting. The book, published annually, is filled with the convention's primary documents and reports from each of the SBC’s entities and state convention partners.