DALLAS — In the New Testament, we find these words: “Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress …” James 1:27 (CSB) On Sunday, June 23, Southern Baptists will again have the opportunity to honor unsung heroes of the faith — namely, retirement-aged Southern Baptist pastors, workers and their widows who served and abundantly blessed others during their years of ministry.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Two years ago, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the right to an abortion. In the aftermath, many churchgoers say they’ve seen their congregations involved in supporting local pregnancy resource centers.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – In anticipation of the 100th anniversary celebration of the Cooperative Program (CP) in 2025, Baptist Press editor Brandon Porter interviewed Tony Wolfe, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, and John Kyle, communications director at the Louisiana Baptist Convention, on the CP Stage in the Exhibit Hall prior to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.

LONDON, Ky. (KT) — A small church in the Laurel River Baptist Association had a unique experience earlier this month when a 93-year-old man was baptized. Baldrock Baptist Church Pastor Vince Mullins said Guy Black’s profession of faith leading to his baptism has “so excited our little church.”

Recently, I was watching a college baseball game on television. It did not take long for me to notice something out of the ordinary. There was a green bag beside first base. At first I thought it may have been time to get my eyes checked, but it was indeed an extra bag.

Have you ever thought of your prayer time as providing a potential witness for Jesus? Acts 3 describes a miracle that occurred at a temple gate called Beautiful. In God’s timing, Peter and John found one of the three times of Jewish prayer an opportune time to share the gospel of Jesus.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — YM360 is pleased to announce the launch of GENERATE Conference weekends in seven cities in 2025. GENERATE Conference will provide dynamic worship and Word-filled weekends where attendees will be challenged to know Christ and make Him known.

TOCCOA, GA – James reminds us that pure and undefiled religion will prompt believers to care for widows (James 1:27). The writer of Proverbs penned, “Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed” (Proverbs 19:17).

MARIETTA, Ga. — Dr. Randy Cheek was approaching 70 years old when he was called as senior pastor of Eastwood Baptist Church in Marietta. His first Sunday he preached a message that has become his personal prayer, “Lord, whatever you want, I want.”

INDIANAPOLIS — In 2023, 35 out of 41 Southern Baptist state conventions reported increases in baptisms from the previous year. During his report to the SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis on Wednesday, North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell invited several of those state leaders to join him to recognize NAMB’s partnership in evangelism with state conventions.

INDIANAPOLIS — Kate, a young member of a Girls in Action group, approached her parents in the fall of 2023 with the idea of doing a project for Haiti. They thought it might be something small, but she told them she wanted to raise $7,000 to build a church in Haiti.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – Newly elected SBC President Clint Pressley, in his first press conference following the election Wednesday, June 12, expressed his confidence in Southern Baptists as he responded to questions on issues dealt with in the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting at the Indiana Convention Center.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley, elected SBC president from a field of six nominees, begins his term with two newly-elected officers and two officers reelected during the 2024 SBC annual meeting in Indianapolis.

Just after my family moved to Prestonsburg over 20 years ago, Leah Dane, one of our older deacon’s wives, made us a loaf of banana bread. The small bundle was wrapped in foil. Opening it up, we found it already sliced for our convenience.

My husband is the king of “made up” games for the grandkids. They play “fish bait,” where he throws an empty lotion container, which is the bait, in the middle of the bed and the kids try to get it like fish. They play their own version of click list (which is quite entertaining) among other crazy made-up games like restaurant ordering, hair salon etc.

INDIANAPOLIS — Emerging from a field of six candidates, North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley has been elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention during its annual meeting in Indianapolis on Wednesday.

INDIANAPOLIS — In a highly anticipated vote on the final day of this year’s Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting, messengers narrowly defeated the proposed Law Amendment which specified that only men can serve “as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by Scripture.”

INDIANAPOLIS — Dean Inserra said “football nerds” like him watch with great interest every February as football players showcase what they can do at the NFL Combine, which takes place in Indianapolis just down the street from where Southern Baptists held this year’s annual meeting.

INDIANAPOLIS — International Mission Board  President Paul Chitwood wasted no time getting to the heart of Southern Baptist missions in his report to Southern Baptist messengers and guests at the SBC Annual Meeting on Wednesday, June 12.

CLEVELAND, Ga. — Truett McConnell University is excited to welcome Caleb Ferguson as the new assistant professor of Music at the Felix Manz School of Music. Caleb, a TMU alumnus and a distinguished scholar in Opera Performance, along with his wife Emily, also a TMU graduate, are returning to the TMU family.

INDIANAPOLIS — Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention passed a slate of recommendations Tuesday, June 11, related to how the convention deals with churches that no longer “closely identify with” the SBC in “faith and practice.”

Of all the important decisions a family must make, the selection of a place to eat can be the most debated and contentious. What is your family’s method of choosing where to dine? No matter what one family member suggests, it always seems another does not want it.

In the early chapters of Acts, Luke shares several vignettes of the early Church. The vignettes not only describe the nature and growth of the church in Jerusalem, but they also describe the nature, purpose and mission of the Church. Acts 2 describes a united Church.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) — The Committee on Nominations has released its 2024 report. Nominated by the Committee on Committees and elected by messengers, the Committee on Nominations nominates members to the Executive Committee and directors/trustees to boards, institutions, commissions and standing committees of the Convention.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – The 2024 Committee on Committees has released its report. Appointed by the SBC president, the Committee on Committees nominates the Committee on Nominations and any special committees that are authorized during Convention sessions.