There is a unified community in the Midwest bound together by hope and love. In this city, you will find people who rally around its most vulnerable, full of grit and tenacity. This community is Ferguson, Missouri. While the name is frequently associated with images of national unrest and a community fractured by racial tension, Ferguson, along with the rest of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area, is more than the tragic event that occurred nearly 10 years ago. The story of Ferguson is one of healing and restoration, not division, and Send Relief, alongside a dedicated community, is helping rewrite the narrative.

Alexis beamed with joy on a sunny day in May. It wasn’t just any day—it was a day she wouldn’t have believed possible a few months prior. That day was her graduation from the Women’s Life House program through New Life Ministries. It marked a huge change in her life. But it wasn’t always easy.

CLEVELAND, Ga. — On Friday, July 5th, Truett McConnell University announced the hiring of Bruce Willis, a nationally recognized leader in forensic science. Willis will lead TMU’s Bachelor of Science program in Forensic Science.

FORT MEADE, S.D. – It was the fourth of a hot, dry July nearly 150 years after the fact at Camp Sturgis, a frontier Army post in the 1870s, decommissioned in 1944. Today it’s known as Fort Meade and is used as an Army training ground.

CHESNEE, S.C. (BP) — The Battle of Cowpens is considered a hinge moment in the American Revolution. A string of British victories at Savannah, Charleston and Camden had swung momentum. Continue the winning streak, the thinking went, and more Loyalists would join the cause. A Redcoat wave would proceed northward and ultimately snuff out the rebellion.

I don’t know about your household but since it’s summer the talk is all about swimming and pools at my house. Unfortunately, we do not have a subdivision pool, which has been VERY disappointing to the four little girls living with us.

OZARK, Mo. — The Ozark campus of the Baptist Homes & Healthcare Ministries has found a way to reach the young at heart among its senior residents. “We had Vacation Bible School for our residents,” Don Swadley, VBS director, said. “We started this last year but had a much better turnout this year. We always had 35-40 in each service, but the final service had fifty-nine.”

The Fourth of July is one of my husband’s very favorite holidays. He loves the colors red, white, and blue and loves to fly the flag.

WILMINGTON, Vt. (BP) — Two decades of being a public high school teacher have tuned Brian Wuoti’s awareness of how to engage teenagers. He is currently the math department chair at his local high school and been an advisor for individual students as well as clubs.

RIGBY, Idaho – A defunct church plant’s ministry has become a mainstay of a now thriving church. Scott and Jennifer Plath received a mass email in 2010 sent from the online studies office at Liberty University that challenged students to consider ministry in lesser-evangelized areas of the nation, such as the Northeast or the Rocky Mountain region.

Do you remember the music group the Monkees? They recorded their share of hits in the late 1960s and had a successful sitcom on television. Most of their music was fun and lighthearted. One unique song they recorded was the tale of two opposing kings named Zor and Zam.

Luke, the author of Acts, was a medical doctor (Col. 4:14) as well as a historian and missions team member with the Apostle Paul. Yet Luke preferred the background role rather than a role of prominence.

ROME, Ga. — Seven students made salvation decisions and 39 answered the call to ministry at the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s SURGE Music Camp held last month at Shorter University in Rome. Nearly 400 people, including students and teachers, gathered for the event. Rhon Carter, the Board’s worship and music catalyst, said 30% of the almost 300 students were attending for the first time.

ROME, Ga. - Earlier this month, the Georgia Baptist Mission Board's Worship and Music Ministry held its annual SURGE Music Camp for students. Over the course of the week-long camp, seven students professed faith in Christ and 39 accepted the call to ministry.

TRUSSVILLE, Ala. — When Alan Long left an established career in medicine to follow God’s call to the ministry, he not only followed the leading of his Heavenly Father; he followed an example set for him by his earthly father, James Long, minister of homebound care at First Baptist Church Trussville and author of “Essential Discipleship Preparation.”

HARLEM, N.Y. — Long known for its rich culture and diversity showcased in such movements as the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, modern Harlem bustles with newly constructed multistory apartment buildings complementing traditional brownstones and thriving new and old businesses. It’s trendy.

BOONEVILLE, Ky. (KT) — When COVID shut down the homeless mission he pastored in Savannah, Ga., Brandon Davis told the Lord he would “go anywhere you need me.” That commitment led him to Booneville, Ky., population 161, where “the Lord has really blessed.”

The days and weeks immediately following VBS are the most crucial for outreach. But so often this critical element seems to fall through the cracks. We all have good intentions for connecting with children and families again after VBS, but then the aftermath of VBS kicks in. The excitement of VBS is over; people are tired; life returns to normal; it’s time to go on vacation … there are tons of excuses, and most are valid.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. — Southeastern Seminary and The College at Southeastern are pleased to announce the hire of Deanna Rogers to The College’s English faculty and to welcome her and her family to the Southeastern community. She will begin teaching composition and upper-level English courses this fall.

Rev. Billy Clifford Brinson, Sr. age 66 of Swainsboro died at his home on Friday, June 28, 2024.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — According to church planter James Martinez, Brownsville, Texas, is a border town like no other. “It’s in the middle of nowhere, and it’s a world that’s neither Mexico nor the United States. It’s like its own country with its own culture,” he says.

JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University presented longtime Baptist medical missionary Rebekah Naylor with its M.E. Dodd Denominational Service Award during an alumni dinner June 11 at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Indianapolis.

On a winter Sunday morning in February 1779, the sound of gunfire broke the silence along the marshy bottom at the juncture of two small creeks in Wilkes County, Georgia, as men engaged in a life and death struggle. The Battle of Kettle Creek, a pivotal battle and one of the few patriot victories in Georgia, had begun.

As 20-year-old Matthias “Matty” Ponce-de-Leon laid tied to a bed in a Mexican sanatorium screaming at the ceiling, you would have a hard time seeing him as a future pastor and founder of a ministry helping those struggling with addictions all across North Carolina.

“God is not surprised.” It’s what Sara Robinson said at Radiant (Pastor’s Wives Retreat) when speaker Christine Hoover’s plane had been delayed time and time again. We prayed and rearranged the schedule. A substitute was mic’d, ready to step to the stage. But, a few moments before her exact time to speak, Christine pulled into the parking lot and walked right to the podium.