By David Dawson [email protected] COLUMBIA — In most instances, a “love offering” is a one-time gift. At Connection Church in Columbia, however, it turned into much more than that. It was the gift that kept on giving. Over the past several months, the church has used the combination of sacrificial giving and acts of service to make a major impact for Christ in Maury County. The movement was fueled by
By Robin Cornetet Kentucky Today ANAHEIM, Calif. — With the weight of so many important decisions facing Southern Baptists in the coming days, hundreds gathered to pray at the Anaheim Convention Center June 12. Arkansas pastor Bill Elliff and Robby Gallaty, pastor of Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, led audience members on what the men hoped would be a journey where God would meet each person in a real
By Grace Thornton The Alabama Baptist ANAHEIM, Calif. — Connie Dixon covered some miles this past year as she served as national Woman’s Missionary Union president. She visited 20 states, had 29 speaking opportunities, attended 94 Zoom calls, recorded five videos and two podcasts, wrote 27 articles and walked through 61 airports. “I have loved every minute of it, but more than anything I am so honored to serve as
By Brandon Elrod Baptist Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Following a week of Southern Baptist seminary students engaging neighborhoods around Anaheim, 34 churches engaged their communities through various outreach events Saturday, June 11, through Crossover, which partnered with Send Relief to host a Serve Tour experience that took place ahead of the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting. “Southern California is a rich environment of ethnically and racially diverse peoples,” said
By Baptist Press RICHMOND, Va. — The greatest problem in the world is lostness. The only solution to the world’s greatest problem is the Gospel. The biblical example for taking the Gospel to the lost is through physical presence. And for Southern Baptists, physical missionary presence to the nations is how we cooperate to fulfill both the Great Commission and the Great Multitude pictured in Revelation 7:9. The International Mission Board’s purpose
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] NEWPORT — Russell Vickers will never forget his first “Off the Grid” hike on the Appalachian Trail (AT). He almost quit and went home on the first night. Off the Grid is a ministry of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board that provides pastors, staff members and lay leaders an opportunity to be refreshed and enjoy a time of fellowship and outdoor adventure
Compiled from Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Willie McLaurin expresses a difference between working “in the business” and working “on the business.” “So many leaders, they’re working in the business. They’re putting out fires. They’re crossing the Ts and dotting the Is. That’s working in the business,” McLaurin said. “But I’ve learned how to work on the business. “That just simply means that on a regular basis, I have to constantly
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Send Relief announced its intent June 8 to give $3 million to fund the proposed Sexual Abuse Task Force (SATF) recommendations for sexual abuse reform, and an additional $1 million to establish a survivor care fund to provide trauma care for survivors and trauma training for pastors. The $1 million would be allocated from Send Relief funds designated for its ongoing mission to protect children and
By Carol Pipes Lifeway news office NASHVILLE — Southern Baptist congregations saw a rebound in the number of baptisms and an increase of $304 million in overall giving in 2021, both hopeful signs congregations are recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Southern Baptist congregations baptized 154,701 in 2021, a 26 percent increase from 123,160 reported in 2020, according to the Annual Church Profile (ACP) compiled by Lifeway Christian Resources in cooperation
Pastors, SBC leaders call for action in response to sex abuse report By Diane Chandler Baptist Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Former Southern Baptist Convention president J.D. Greear says he’s encouraged by the SBC’s bottom-up structure putting power in the hands of lay members. “I want to be in a convention where the people have the power. Because like we see, usually it is the leaders who go corrupt more quickly
By David Dawson [email protected] COLUMBIA — In most instances, a “love offering” is a one-time gift. At Connection Church in Columbia, however, it turned into
By Robin Cornetet Kentucky Today ANAHEIM, Calif. — With the weight of so many important decisions facing Southern Baptists in the coming days, hundreds gathered
By Grace Thornton The Alabama Baptist ANAHEIM, Calif. — Connie Dixon covered some miles this past year as she served as national Woman’s Missionary Union
By Brandon Elrod Baptist Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Following a week of Southern Baptist seminary students engaging neighborhoods around Anaheim, 34 churches engaged their communities
By Baptist Press RICHMOND, Va. — The greatest problem in the world is lostness. The only solution to the world’s greatest problem is the Gospel. The biblical
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] NEWPORT — Russell Vickers will never forget his first “Off the Grid” hike on the Appalachian Trail
Compiled from Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Willie McLaurin expresses a difference between working “in the business” and working “on the business.” “So many leaders, they’re
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Send Relief announced its intent June 8 to give $3 million to fund the proposed Sexual Abuse Task
By Carol Pipes Lifeway news office NASHVILLE — Southern Baptist congregations saw a rebound in the number of baptisms and an increase of $304 million
Pastors, SBC leaders call for action in response to sex abuse report By Diane Chandler Baptist Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Former Southern Baptist Convention president