Baptist Life

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The North American Mission Board served Southern Baptist ministry couples by bringing the Refresh Retreat to the Caribe Hilton in San Juan.

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Broadway Baptist Church in Gainesville was established in 1964. It was one of ten new churches planted in the Chattahoochee Baptist Association in the years following WWII. The church later changed its name to Trinity Baptist.

A desperate call for prayer from Thailand

ISAAN, Thailand—Noei was a housekeeper for an International Mission Board worker in Bangkok, Thailand, for many years when she accepted Christ as her Savior. 

CLEVELAND, Ga. — On Saturday night, Nov. 16, faculty, students, alumni, and donors gathered in the Harris Athletic Complex to celebrate the success of the Keys for Mission campaign and to dedicate the newly purchased pianos to the glory of God. The night and campaign was held in honor of Dr. Becky Lombard, who served in various positions at Truett McConnell University for over 14 years.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) — Buddy heaters, blankets, and winter clothing are among the items being distributed by Baptists to those dealing with western North Carolina’s first cold blast of the season amid recovery from Hurricane Helene.

PADUCAH, Ky. (KT) – The gospel waves continue to crest from the Hope for West Kentucky crusade on Nov. 10 at the Paducah Convention Center. Decision counselor Brian Arnett of Paducah was able to celebrate with a friend who had been in his prayers the past couple of months.

AUSTIN, Nev. — Smack dab in the middle of Nevada is the tiny town of Austin, home to First Baptist Church, where Charles Vaughn has been pastor since 2008. The population has declined to about 100 people, down from 167 four years ago. Fifteen to 25 people attend services.

GARLAND, Texas — For the third consecutive year, volunteers from First Baptist Church in Garland will travel to eastern Europe to bring Christmas joy to Ukrainian refugee children.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Like many churches in the path of Hurricane Milton, Tri-City Baptist Church in Punta Gorda was hit hard. On Friday morning after the storm, volunteers from the church began dry-out efforts from storm flooding. By Sunday, they were feeling tired and weary.

In Northern Nigeria, clean water is a rare commodity. According to the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, approximately 60% of the region is without reliable access to safe drinking water.

Pastor's wife: Seeing God in the holidays

We are about to enter the most wonderful time of the year. The combination of Thanksgiving and Christmas will have our hearts stirring and racing as we cook, shop, and celebrate.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Midwestern Seminary has announced that full-tuition scholarships for first-year master’s students in For the Church Cohorts will be extended to incoming students in the 2025–26 academic year.

NEW ORLEANS — As a result of the record-setting fundraising success NOBTS has recently experienced, several renovation projects have taken place across the school’s campus.  

STATESBORO, Ga. — Using Enoch as an example, Robby Gallaty, pastor of Long Hollow Church in Hendersonville, Tenn., encouraged pastors and ministry leaders to focus on pleasing God.

Thursday thoughts: The road less traveled

A few weeks ago, our organization had its annual meeting in Statesboro Georgia. My friend and I traveled together to Statesboro. We used GPS for directions on the trip there. Needless to say, it took us on the expressway.

ALBUQUERQUE (BNM) - Eleven volunteers from nine different churches served alongside five Baptist Convention of New Mexico staff members to prepare church resource packets for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. The packets, which include prayer guides, donation envelopes, and posters, will be sent to churches around New Mexico.

ORLANDO, Fla.  — Hundreds of Florida Baptists at the 2024 Florida Baptist State Convention annual meeting honored Tommy Green and his wife, Karen, for their years of faithful leadership in the Sunshine State. Tommy Green retired Aug. 16, 2024, after serving as Florida Baptists’ executive director-treasurer since June 2015.

ROAN MOUNTAIN, Tenn.  — Two weeks after Roan Park Baptist Church, a congregation of about 15 members, reached into their savings account and spent approximately $20,000 to pave its parking lot, flood waters caused by Hurricane Helene washed it away.

While Paul made use of sea travel in his missionary endeavors, his longest journey by ship was the journey from Caesarea to Rome. Luke’s description of Paul’s journey is one of the most detailed nautical accounts in ancient history.

Bible study: The God who rescues

I hope as you read this that the temperatures will be cool, the leaves will be on the ground and the mornings will be bright. The hot days of summer are behind us and for the next few weeks, we observe various holidays and special times with family members and friends. Of course, we know that gratitude should be perpetuated daily in the believer’s life.

STATESBORO, Ga. — At the 202nd annual meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention last week, W. Thomas Hammond, Jr., executive director of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, celebrated the work of Mission Georgia. Mission Georgia is the GBMB’s state mission offering, and it is the only offering designed and committed specifically to reaching the state with the gospel.

STATESBORO, Ga. — Georgia Baptists adopted last week a 2025 budget that calls for more than $62 million to be given through the Cooperative Program and other offerings. That money, a 2.5% increase over the current year, will fund gospel-sharing efforts around the world, and across the nation and the state.

PHILADELPHIA (BP) – The Bible protects against what the U.S. surgeon general has termed an “epidemic of loneliness” as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, the American Bible Society said in releasing its latest chapter of the 2024 State of the Bible.

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — The annual Lifeway Women’s Leadership Forum provides a space for women to be trained for leadership, as women are equipped to live out their faith in their leadership in ministry, the workplace, and their homes.

STATESBORO, Ga. — Georgia Baptists gathered on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 11 and 12, for the 202nd annual meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention at First Baptist Statesboro.

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