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Preaching class quickly fills a need in area churches

RUSSELL SPRINGS, Ky. — When Christian Naylor told his church that he was prepared to lead a class to train men about preaching, little did he realize how soon that class would pay kingdom dividends.

Mississippi State Fair evangelism results in 373 decisions for Christ

JACKSON, Miss. (BP) -- The 2024 Mississippi State Fair has drawn to a close, and with it, Mississippi Baptist fair evangelism. With the help of newcomers and veteran churches, groups and individuals, the engagement exceeded years past. This year, 195 volunteers had 2,824 Gospel conversations, resulting in 373 decisions for Christ.

Better Together: How one Florida association is partnering together for Gospel proclamation

PALATKA, Fla. (BP) — Southern Baptists are better together. That’s not just a slogan for the churches in the St. John’s River Baptist Association (SJRBA) in the St. Augustine and Palatka area of Florida – it’s a reality that’s fueled their shared mission of spreading the Good News about Jesus.

Cooperative Program-fueled work fascinates annual meeting attendees

TUPELO, Miss. (BP) – “They had never seen anything like that,” Pastor Matt Powell said of the members of First Baptist Church of Tupelo who attended the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Indianapolis.

FIRST-PERSON: Southern Baptists are a force for good, Part 3

If we are a force for good, what about our sins and shortcomings? They are obvious and we admit them openly.

FIRST-PERSON: Southern Baptists are a force for good, Part 2

On a typical Sunday, more than 4 million people (4,050,668) gather in Southern Baptist churches for worship. Most of them also had a Sunday School with almost every class taught by a Southern Baptist volunteer.

FIRST-PERSON: Southern Baptists are a force for good, Part 1

The spirit of cooperation is under attack these days – both from external critics and internal detractors. Our cultural proclivity for tribalism and sectarianism – rooted in the sins of selfishness and self-promotion – are flooding over us.

FIRST-PERSON: How Baptists can win the war on global lostness

French and British armies clashed with Germany at the First Battle of Marne 110 years ago this month, within 30 miles of Paris. The Germans hoped taking Paris would afford them a quick assurance of victory in the larger war. When they were defeated at Marne, they learned two wartime revelations: (1) allied forces are strong together, and (2) there is no quick victory in global warfare.

Southern Baptists cooperative ‘force for good,’ Iorg maintains at installation

NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention is a diverse, cooperative “force for good” that is poised to move forward on mission, Jeff Iorg said at his installation as the eighth president of the SBC Executive Committee Sept. 16 in Nashville.

St. Louis Baptist association seeks ‘the welfare of the city’

ST. LOUIS (BP) – Darren Casper believes in missions. As the executive director of the St. Louis Metro Baptist Association (often called STL Metro), he leads a staff of eight full and part-time missionaries. Their task is to equip churches to reach out with the gospel to the city of more than 300,000 people and a little more than 2 million people living on the Missouri side of the greater St. Louis metro area.