PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. — The Southern Baptist Convention and its Executive Committee have been named as defendants in a proposed federal class-action lawsuit against a South Carolina church and academy where authorities say a convicted sex offender was allowed to volunteer near children.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Domestic abuse is epidemic among Peruvian women, but International Mission Board missionary Amanda Waldraff is there to help. Last Christmas, an abused woman began attending a ministry co-led by Waldraff that provides Gospel witness, job training and trauma healing for women who have suffered intimate partner abuse. This summer she came to faith in Christ.

Georgia Baptist girls in grades 6-12 will gather this fall for the brand-new NextGen Girls’ Conference, a one-day event designed to help female students grow in their relationship with Jesus and take their next step in making Him known.

McDONOUGH, Ga. — Send Me Now missionary Lily Raine Hollister said serving children at Camp 323, Eagle’s Landing First Baptist Church’s summer day camp, reminded her of the importance of childlike faith and the joy of pointing children to Jesus.

When Deaf Pathway Global (DPG) set out to test a groundbreaking new approach to Bible translation, the organization didn’t begin with a complex theological text or a long gospel narrative. Instead, they chose a story from Scripture filled with courage, tension, and triumph.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Regular small group participants are likely to be among the most mature disciples in a church, but they still need encouragement in some areas.

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Five months ago, Dr. Jimmy Carter returned to Atlanta from Immanuel Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, to be considered as pastor of the church he called home, Dunwoody Baptist Church. It was in this church, located in DeKalb County just north of I-285 near Ashford-Dunwoody and Mount Vernon roads, that Carter trusted Christ as his Savior and was nurtured in his faith.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A decades-long school backpack ministry by North Charleston Baptist Church continues this month at a new location.

NASHVILLE (BP) – As students head back to the classroom this month, they’re expected to be met by Ten Commandment posters in Alabama, Louisiana and Texas as legal challenges against the mandated displays persist.

STATESBORO, Ga. — A federal court has ruled that Vidalia City Schools must reinstate a Christian released-time education program while a lawsuit against the district continues, according to Alliance Defending Freedom.

Willy Rice is looking to late September. At the time he talked with the Illinois Baptist, Rice was on a brief trip, gathering his thoughts and outlining his first address to the SBC’s Executive Committee next month.

The idea was so uncomfortable at first. Emma Kate Taylor didn’t even know if it would work. “I didn’t want to be seen as weird,” she said.  But she and the other Summer Sojourner missionaries couldn’t get inside the university campus in Lima, Peru, to meet people and share the gospel. A new idea was worth a try.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) – Wayne Carter had a plan. But that plan took a turn July 5, when the Georgia pastor’s bicycle wheel caught in some loose sand on his trek through East Asia. Carter, whose passion for cycling has joined that of sharing the gospel, slammed into the ground, ending a planned 236-mile ride for missions.

BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) – Luke Ash, a bi-vocational pastor with Stevendale Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, has filed a lawsuit against the East Baton Rouge Parish Library system for violating his First Amendment right of religious liberty and for denying him protection against religious discrim­ination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Seminary graduate Chris Crain, executive director of the Birmingham Metro Baptist Association, was recently named the Associational Mission Strategist of the Year by the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders. 

There is a trend that has been around for several years that involves a blessing at a coffee shop or fast-food restaurant drive-through. The practice is simple. You ask the cashier for the amount owed by the person in line behind you and pay for their meal. I have been on both the giving and receiving ends of this kind gesture, and it is an enjoyable experience. It is a great way to do some good without receiving recognition.

Although Frank Sinatra’s theme song was “I Did it My Way,” you could say that Gideon’s theme song was “I Did it God’s Way.” In Chapter 7, we see a situation similar to the taking of Jericho. It was certainly going to be unconventional warfare. It would involve trumpets, torches, breaking of pitchers, and shouting. When victory was accomplished, there would be no doubt as to the Source.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — When Jeff Robinson arrived in Louisville in January 2000, he planned to earn an MDiv and prepare for pastoral ministry. What he did not expect was that the next two decades would bind his life, work, and family so closely to Southern Seminary that friends now jokingly call him “Mister Southern Seminary.”

TIGARD, Ore. – This fall, a Japanese-language church is to start in Chicago, adding to 52 others in the Southern Baptist Convention. A Japanese Baptist church in Tosu, on a southern Japanese island, started as a Bible study last year.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Family members, friends, and members of the Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College community gathered to celebrate the overseas service of Fusion students during the 2026 Fusion Commitment Ceremony.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Even with wide differences across congregations, most attendees are content with their church’s worship style.

CHATSWORTH, Ga. — Nearly one year after becoming senior pastor of Holly Creek Baptist Church, Scott Linginfelter is helping the congregation move into a new season marked by evangelism, discipleship, and steady leadership.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (BP) – Allan Taylor, well-known author and associate pastor of First Baptist Church Concord in Knoxville, died Tuesday, July 28, following a stroke.

CLEVELAND, Ga. — The School of Music at Truett McConnell University is inviting singers from across North Georgia to join its annual Community Choir this fall. The choir will spend the semester rehearsing together and will finish with a special performance alongside a full orchestra of Dan Forrest's Jubilate Deo, a piece written in seven parts based on Psalm 100.

FORT WORTH, Texas — The School of Church Music and Worship’s Bowld Library recently accepted a collection of scores and works from former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary faculty member Bruce Leafblad’s library, a donation he called a way for him to continue investing in the institution he came to love in his years as a professor.