2024 SBC Annual Meeting Schedule announced
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – A preliminary schedule for the Southern Baptist Convention 2024 Annual Meeting June 11-12 in Indianapolis was released March 18 by the Committee on Order of Business.
Global missionary partners advance Gospel in Colombia
Laura Martinez’s letter to her supporters in Mexico is reminiscent of New Testament letters. Recently, she wrote about adapting quickly to the culture, climate, geography and gastronomy of Colombia. She enumerated the differences in seasons and interpretations of certain Spanish words, and she was pleasantly surprised the quality of water in Colombia is higher than where she’s from in Mexico.
FIRST-PERSON: Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered
Forced pastoral exits are crippling thousands of churches every year, as these sobering statistics prove:
Prayers urged for Louisiana Reach Haiti staff members trapped in Port-au-Prince
CAP HAITIEN, Haiti (LBM) – Urgent prayers have been issued for the safe return of two Louisiana Reach Haiti Children’s Village staff members who are trapped in Port-au-Prince, capital city of a country that has seen a rapid increase in gang activity.
Reengagement with CP expands impact, brings churches out of isolation, Kentucky leader says
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) — Michael Cabell’s position is heavily tied to helping churches reengage with the Cooperative Program. However, giving through CP isn’t the first thing he preaches to those congregations.
FIRST-PERSON: Jesus is our way and our way marker
I recently made a wallpaper image for my phone, computer and external monitor. It reads: “Jesus is Lord. I am not.”
Baptism in totality, Gospel outreaches, church festivals mark solar eclipse
SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio (BP) – Pastor Billy Glover sought the best Gospel witness when 3 minutes and 52 seconds of totality covers Steel City Church in the solar eclipse April 8. He’s offering baptisms in total darkness in the church parking lot.
Disaster Relief workers assess storm damage in Ohio, Indiana
LOGAN COUNTY, Ohio (BP) — Disaster Relief teams from Ohio and Indiana state conventions are currently assessing storm damage that left three dead here Thursday evening (March 14).
SBC DIGEST: National prayer conference scheduled; B&H releases Yarnell’s ‘God’
National prayer conference to focus on spiritual awakening, Great Commission; Are the people in your pews good theologians? A conversation with Malcolm Yarnell.
Refugee wants world to ‘hear how I found Jesus’
Manith Sanchez, a Cambodian refugee who fled Pol Pot’s brutal dictatorship in the late 1970s, had never heard the name of Jesus. But as she recalled her escape, the evidence of God’s provision for her was unmistakable.