DULUTH, Ga. – Daphne Harris Nicely understands the importance of providing the best possible medical care for expectant mothers and their unborn babies. As executive director of the Atlanta …

MARIETTA – According to Arthurian legend a “knight in shining armor” is a heroic rescuer. In medieval literature knights are depicted as individuals of courage, valor, heroic …

STRASBOURG, France – If there’s an upside to being a missionary in France, it’s that it’s easy to find unchurched people to share the gospel with. They’re everywhere.

The National Woman’s Missionary Union has named four young women, including one from Fayetteville, Ga., to the 2022 National Acteens Panel.

DULUTH, Ga. – One of the largest crowds in recent history has registered for this year’s multi-site Georgia Baptist Evangelism Conference set for late February and early March.

LOUISVILLE, Colo. – A team of Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers has been deployed to Colorado to help residents there sift through ashes in search of wedding bands, engagement rings and other valuables that might have survived wildfires that swept through Boulder County on Dec. 30, destroying nearly 1,100 homes.

THOMASVILLE – On October 17, 1989 the San Francisco Giants were hosting the Oakland Athletics for the third game of the World Series at Candlestick Park. Game was less than an hour away from …

VILLA RICA, Ga. – Georgia Baptist Convention President Kevin Williams will lead a group of pastors and other church leaders to Guatemala on Monday for a five-day trip that he hopes will result in new churches springing up in the Central American country.

FAYETTEVILLE – On January 31, Liberty Baptist Church welcomed their new pastor, James Oney. On Sunday, February 6, Oney was installed as the church’s pastor in an impressive ceremony. Ray Gentry, the Associational Mission Strategist for the Southside Baptist Network, presented a certificate of appreciation to Randy Wood, the man who served as senior pastor at Liberty for 18 years.

ACWORTH, Ga. – Responses vary when people hear that Summit Baptist Church Associate Pastor Jimmy Slick donated one of his kidneys to a church member.

NASHVILLE (BP) – In its most recent update, the Sex Abuse Task Force reported that Guidepost Solutions has interviewed approximately 32 current and former SBC Executive Committee staff, 54 current or former EC trustees and abuse survivors “who have affirmatively reached out to the Guidepost investigative team.”

DULUTH, Ga. (BP) – Established with a focus on supporting missionaries as well as presenting readers "a compendious summary of the passing tidings of the times,” Georgia’s The Christian Index launched a movement 200 years ago that predated all other Southern Baptist state papers and Baptist Press as a denominational news source.

DULUTH, Ga. – Studies show daily Bible reading not only nourishes the soul but also builds character.  And that’s why Scott Sullivan, discipleship catalyst on the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s Church Strengthening team, is calling for people to get back to reading scripture every day.

NASHVILLE (BP) – The start of 2022 indicates a continuation of recent giving trends in the SBC as giving through the national Cooperative Program Allocation Budget has soared to more than 12 percent above budget for the fiscal year. January’s $21.1 million total is only the second time a monthly total has surpassed $21 million in the last decade (February 2019).

MOULTRIE, Ga – Pastor Matt Greene stressed the need to pray and prepare in the months leading up to revival services at Kingwood Baptist Church. The results were remarkable.

ATHENS, Ga. – Audrey Kittila relishes taking on new challenges. That’s what landed her on stage at the Miss University of Georgia competition. “I didn’t think I’d actually win, I had never competed before,” the 19-year-old from Milton, Ga., said. 

NASHVILLE (BP) – Willie McLaurin will be the interim president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee. The EC officers made the announcement Tuesday.

SNELLVILLE, Ga. – Church music has gone through many transitions through the years. Many have suffered through the transitions, because new music and different styles failed to suit their preference, but there is a beauty and power to Biblically based music that exalts the Lord.

DULUTH, Ga. – One of the most biblical, helpful, and productive things a skilled leader and mature Christian can do is disciple or mentor young believers or growing Christians. The Apostle Paul admonished Timothy, writing, “Therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the thing that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also” (II Tim. 2:1-2).

HAWKINSVILLE, Ga. – As darkness settled over the Browndale Plantation in Hawkinsville, a group of about 25 people prepared for one of the South’s oldest traditions, a coon hunt, arranged by a Georgia ministry that seeks to strengthen families by bringing them into the great outdoors.

DULUTH, Ga. – The "Next Gen" team at the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, aware of concerning research into the spiritual struggles that teens face, is committed to helping churches develop strong student ministries.

ATLANTA – The hope of America is in the hands of her pastors, says a former U.S. Army Ranger who rose to fame in the aftermath of the Battle of Mogadishu, an intense 18-hour firefight in Somalia that was chronicled in the book and movie Black Hawk Down.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Jeff Pearson’s tenure as chief financial officer of the SBC Executive Committee will come to an end Feb. 15. Pearson made the announcement to EC Chairman Rolland Slade in a letter on Tuesday.

ATLANTA, Ga. – Jeff Struecker has a powerful message about the importance of the gospel to share with pastors and government officials who will gather for a prayer breakfast at the state Capitol on Thursday.

RABUN GAP, Ga. – Churches in the Rabun County Baptist Association have delivered a truckload of household supplies for Afghan refugees who have arrived in Georgia after fleeing their homeland when American troops were withdrawn last year.