Baptist Life

Shorter University’s School of Education earned top marks in the state according to Program Effectiveness Measures released this week by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission.

DULUTH, Ga. – In the television world where adult themes often find their way even into sitcoms and gameshows, believers now have an alternative that offers authentically Christian and theological sound programming.

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (BP) – The look in his gunner’s eyes told Marine Cpl. Daniel Weathers that danger approached from behind.

Stephen Peeples, a gracious, humble, and passionate servant of Christ, is pastor of Roopville Road Baptist Church. He commented, “Our purpose is to preach the Word, love the people, be on mission and just be who we are.” It is good for a church to have a distinctive identity.

DULUTH, Ga. (BP) – Sunday worship at First Baptist Church looks a lot different than most congregations across the nation. And while it may sound different to many of the parishioners, a single Gospel message comes through loud and clear. 

JONESBORO, Ga. – Churches that are being started by a steady stream of immigrants moving into the state are adding ethnic diversity to the Georgia Baptist Convention.

JONESBORO, Ga. – Kevin Williams will serve a second term as president of the Georgia Baptist Convention, having drawn no opponent for the position at an annual meeting held Monday and Tuesday at First Baptist Church of Jonesboro.

JONESBORO, Ga. – Spending cuts instituted by the Georgia Baptist Mission Board over the past three years have the organization on sound financial footing, the organization’s chief operating officer said Tuesday.

JONESBORO, Ga. – The Georgia Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee has voted to create a Special Committee on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse “to make recommendations for developing programs, best practices, and policy guidelines for preventing sexual abuse.”

JONESBORO, Ga. – Retirees of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board will continue to receive stipends to help them pay for supplemental insurance plans under an arrangement with the Georgia Baptist Health Care Ministry Foundation.

LOUISVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit Friday against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to block the Biden administration's  enforcement of a mandate requiring employees of private employers be vaccinated against COVID-19.

MCDONOUGH, Ga. (BP) – Christian school planters Tom and Patricia McClure had only served in Hungary nine months when an 18-wheeler slammed into the back of Tom’s van, breaking his neck and leaving him paralyzed from the shoulders down. He lived six months before dying.

VILLA RICA, Ga. – When Pastor Todd Wright arrives at his office each morning, he sees what only God could have built – a megachurch in a rural swath of Carroll County an hour west of Atlanta. Midway Church, with more than 3,000 members, has always had a major gospel impact in Georgia and beyond, baptizing scores of new believers each year and supporting missionaries who are winning souls in Georgia, across the U.S. and around the world.

NASHVILLE (BP) – More U.S. Protestant churches are gathering in person since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and pastors say most churchgoers have returned as well.

WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Monday (Nov. 1) its dissatisfaction with a lower court’s ruling on a state abortion mandate and ordered it to reconsider that decision in light of the justices’ unanimous opinion in support of religious freedom earlier this year.

LONGVIEW, Texas (BP) – There are 41 local governments across the United States that have adopted ordinances banning abortions and declaring themselves Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn since the grassroots movement launched in 2019, movement founder Mark Lee Dickson said.

DULUTH, Ga. – Georgia Baptists have sent more than $30.4 million to the Southern Baptist Convention over the past year to get the gospel to the nations.“This shows just how committed …

JONESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Baptist leaders are expecting one of the largest crowds in recent history at their annual meeting next week.Nearly 1,000 people had preregistered as of Monday for the …

Almost every day the average American pulls up to a local drive-thru — to order fast food, pick up laundry or even to deposit a check. Now a church in metro Atlanta is asking, “Why not a …

Friends who planned a getaway to New York to watch a Yankees' game found themselves in the midst of a tragic saga.By Margaret Colson Although it has been 20 years, memories of the Sept. 11, 2001, …

First Baptist Church, Laplace, La., pastor Shane Newton explains the aftermath of Hurricane Ida to Send Relief president, Bryant Wright (blue shirt); Southern Baptist Convention president, Ed Litton …

By Ronnie FloydOn Saturday, September 11, 2021, America will observe the 20th Anniversary of 9/11. On this day, it seemed the world stopped as all eyes and hearts observed the horrific events that …

Members of Clarkston International Bible Church volunteered in April at a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic in this file photo.By Roger AlfordDULUTH, Ga. – Just as church life was returning to …

Felix P. Ruiz, president of Nicaragua Baptist Convention, left, and a Nicaraguan pastor speak at a summit in Central America. By Samuel Ayala, Missions Consultant for South Georgia Recently Georgia …

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