Sometimes it takes two hours just to get groceries. A doctor’s visit will most likely require Google Translate at some point. Air pollution skyrockets during the winter months. Language learning is not for the faint of heart.  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood described how God’s heart is revealed as being the heart of a missionary God during the Monday night session of the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s REACH Evangelism and Missions Conference at Westport Road Baptist Church.

By the time we get to Matthew 16, we are halfway through the three-year ministry of Jesus. He is facing increasing hostility from the Jewish religious leaders. Jesus takes His disciples to the cliff face at Caesarea Philippi, a center of pagan worship that held shrines to various Greek gods and a cave where sacrifices were made to Pan. Jesus brings them to this place to demonstrate His Kingdom’s power over paganism. This is also the first mention of the Church in the Gospels.

Once a year, in October, the State Fair makes its grand return about 30 miles from my home. Close to 500,000 people attended the event last year, and many look forward to it year-round.

JONESBORO, Ga. — Jonesboro’s First Baptist Church, under the leadership of Pastor Mel Blackaby, is striving to make a difference for God's eternal Kingdom in Jonesboro, Clayton County, the nation, and the world.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Connie Dixon, president of the Woman's Missionary Union, has formed a search committee to seek the organization’s next executive director-treasurer following Sandy Wisdom-Martin’s announcement on Dec. 10 of her intentions to retire by January 2027.

More than 1,300 people were exhorted and equipped to share the good news of Jesus at four Evangelism Conferences organized by the Georgia Baptist Mission Board over the past few weeks.

DORA, Ala. — Every Monday at 7 a.m., Mike Ward, a former pastor himself, sends out a devotional email with a note of encouragement to hundreds of pastors across the United States, Guatemala, the Philippines, and Africa. The email is provided as a free service, and new pastors are added to the list on a weekly basis.

ORLANDO (BP) – North Greenville University Provost and Dean of Faculty Hunter Baker will serve as chair of the Committee on Resolutions for the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting this summer.

ATLANTA — Individuals from several states gathered Thursday, March 5, at Christ Covenant Church in Atlanta for the Safer Churches workshop designed to equip leaders in creating ministry environments that protect the vulnerable from abuse as well as respond biblically when abuse does occur.

In August, Erin and Ellie were strangers. By October, they were best friends. That’s what can happen when two never-met-before college freshmen get assigned one small 250-square-foot dorm room in which to live.

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary’s 2026 spring Serve Day offered students and faculty the opportunity to volunteer in the local community and share the love of Christ.   

MOUNT VERNON, Ga. — Brewton-Parker Christian University has announced the purchase of an adjacent property located at 818 West College Street in Ailey, adding 18.44 acres to the university’s campus footprint and increasing its frontage along U.S. Highway 280 by more than 900 feet.

DALLAS — GuideStone trustees met for their Winter 2026 meeting March 2-4, emphasizing efforts to support Southern Baptist pastors and churches with practical assistance, from church insurance to early-career financial guidance for ministers.

DALLAS, Ga. — What began as a trip to the Holy Land for a group of nearly 30 pastors and their wives turned into something none of the participants had foreseen, as they were forced to make repeated trips to a bomb shelter in Jerusalem before finally being able to evacuate.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Bethany Baptist Church in North Little Rock, Arkansas, stared down the barrel of a problem facing hundreds of churches in the United States. The community around them had changed. Their church had not, and now, they were on the precipice of seeing their church fold.

Eight women from Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Kingston, Tennessee, felt God stirring their hearts to make hundreds of fried pies to support International Mission Board missionaries.

LAS VEGAS – Damian Cirincione, executive director of the Nevada Baptist Convention since September of 2021, announced his resignation Feb. 23 in a meeting with the executive board. A letter and video were sent Feb. 27 to pastors and leaders in Nevada.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — If discipleship were a test, the average churchgoer would pass—but not by much. In the second half of the State of Discipleship study, Lifeway Research studied churchgoers’ levels of discipleship by asking dozens of questions related to Christian doctrine and practice.

THOMASVILLE, Ga. — Georgia Baptist pastors, ministry leaders, and church members gathered at First Baptist Church in Thomasville for a Georgia Baptist Mission Board evangelism conference to hear a simple, steady message: don’t lose confidence in the gospel, and don’t stop taking it to the people who need Christ.

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Seminary family gathered for a chapel service on Feb. 24 celebrating Larry Lyon’s appointment as the new president of Truett McConnell University.  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Southern Seminary has announced a new Church Partnerships initiative designed to formalize its longstanding commitment to serving local churches. The Church Partnerships program acknowledges that across the country, churches are already training future pastors, ministry leaders, and staff through internships, apprenticeships, residency programs, and structured theological instruction.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The call to pastoral ministry is both a privilege and a weight. Despite frequent strain, data reveal very few pastors step away each year.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Children's ministry leaders from across the state gathered Feb. 5 and 6 at St. Simons Island for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board's Kids' Ministry Summit. The annual event provides leaders with an opportunity to learn, share, and be refreshed and encouraged alongside others who share their calling.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – A dozen more fully funded missionaries could be sent to the nations if messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention approve the Executive Committee’s 2026–27 budget recommendation this summer in Orlando.