Baptist Life

NASHVILLE (BP) — Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams spent time Sunday assessing and preparing to mobilize following storms that left at least three dead and six injured from Texas and across the Southeast Saturday night.

ALPHARETTA, Ga.  — Send Network’s efforts in 2024 underscored the important role new, gospel-focused churches play in reaching North America and the world. “The early Church understood when God births a church, he has the nations on his heart,” Send Network President Vance Pitman said at the Send Network Gathering in Boston.

Many Bible app users looked up Philippians 4:6 and made this passage the most engaged verse of 2024, according to YouVersion founder and CEO Bobby Gruenewald. The passage reads, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God” (NIV).

Pastor's wife: Mary's choice

My Bible person obsession changes every December. Sometimes it has been Zechariah and/or Elizabeth, sometimes Joseph, or the shepherds. This season it has been Mary. Pardon me while I squeeze in one more story before I close this chapter. 

Intercessory prayer is an essential part of completing the Great Commission. God works through your prayers to impact lostness. We’ve seen it!  This year, we asked you to pray for some fun and sometimes difficult things happening around the world. Join us as we celebrate the goodness and greatness of God.

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (KT) — A long-time desire to publish a book has become a reality for Dawn Reed, who writes a weekly article for The Christian Index. Her first published book is titled Weiner Stew and was released earlier this month. It is a compilation of short stories written about ordinary life in the mountains of eastern Kentucky.

SENOIA, GA — In the true spirit of the holiday season, New Hope Baptist Church is thrilled to announce its first Christmas Store Georgia, a heartwarming initiative dedicated to bringing joy and hope to local families in need. This event took place at the church's South Campus in Senoia on Dec. 13 and 14.

If you are a college football fan, you know the many changes the game has experienced in the last few years. Players are free to transfer from school to school with fewer regulations and now, players are even compensated in the millions of dollars for their decision to play for their desired university or college. I hate to sound like a killjoy, but the college game has immersed itself in the money side of sports.

Bible study: God's power is revealed

I have read this passage many times in my Christian experience. I confess that when I read it, the image I have in my mind is Charlton Heston in the movie “The Ten Commandments.” Yet I believe that the mighty miracles of God leading His people out of bondage cannot be adequately portrayed in film. The actual Exodus account is more dramatic than the movie.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Major hurricanes, international compassion ministry projects, and the Serve Tour highlighted Send Relief’s year in 2024 as the joint compassion ministry of the International Mission Board and North American Mission Board met physical needs and shared the eternal hope of the gospel.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – A banner year for church planting in Canada, a third straight increase in baptisms, and another record year for giving to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering featured prominently in the North American Mission Board’s ministry in 2024.

Nancy Joan Harding Burgess went to be with the Lord on Dec. 17, 2024, at the age of 76. Nancy, named after Frank Sinatra's song, "Nancy with the Laughing Face," had a face full of joy and a blithe spirit which laughed with Jesus, bringing laughter to the hearts of all whom she met.

LITHONIA, GA. — On Thursday, Dec. 19th, Luther Rice College & Seminary was officially approved by the State of Georgia to participate in Georgia State Aid programs starting Fall 2025.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — For more than 30 years, East Cooper Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant has remained committed to missions locally and internationally. Their commitment includes getting the gospel to unreached people groups by supporting International Mission Board missionaries.  

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Lifeway Christian Resources experienced another banner year in 2024, highlighted by the fourth consecutive year of revenue growth, the 100th year of ministry through Vacation Bible School, and the largest camps missions offering in recent years.

ARNOLD, Mo. — First Baptist Church of Arnold shared the love and hope of Jesus through the “Lights of Christmas,” now in its fifth year. This presentation combined a live nativity, Scripture, lights, and hot cocoa.

In a convention of generous churches, large congregations aren’t the only ones giving large gifts. In fact, small churches often give more per capita in support of international missions.

KIBERA, Kenya (BP) – Matt Beasley, lead pastor of Severns Valley Baptist Church in Elizabethtown, Ky., conducted global missions the two years he and his wife Valerie were International Mission Board church planters in Prague.

Pastor's wife: The gift in the manger

I can’t stop thinking about that first Christmas morning. Mary and Joseph must have been exhausted, mentally and physically. So much had happened: an unexpected pregnancy, the disbelief at first of Joseph, a long trip to Bethlehem to pay taxes, no room in the inn, unexpected guests.

Thursday thoughts: Making memorable memories

I think the older I get the more I realize how important it is to cherish every moment - to make the memorable memories. Christmas is one of those times.

W. Thomas Hammond, Jr., executive director of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, and the Executive Committee of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board are excited to announce a series of changes to the GBMB staff. In a regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, December 3, the committee affirmed these changes and announced them on Dec. 10 at a meeting of the full Executive Committee.

SUWANEE, Ga. — The Georgia Baptist Mission Board and Friends of Kaleo, Inc., announced last week the formal signing of an agreement that both groups hope will keep Camp Kaleo operating for the foreseeable future. Friends of Kaleo is a non-profit group of former staff, campers, churches, pastors, missionaries, and families created to generate financial support for Camp Kaleo and support its ministry.

MOUNT VERNON, Ga. — Brewton-Parker College is excited to announce that it has been awarded a $40,000 grant from the Meadows New Foundation to provide scholarships for nursing students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. This funding will directly support aspiring nurses from Toombs, Montgomery, and Wheeler counties, addressing a critical healthcare shortage in rural Georgia. 

CORRYTON, Tenn. (BP) – See the need. Meet the need. During the 40 years Rockey Ramsey has served as pastor of Corryton Church, it has become part of the congregation’s fabric to respond. It’s not a surprise that the church has a staff position for Pastor of Etc.

SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (KT) – In a creative blend of fun and faith, First Baptist Church of Shelbyville hosted a 9-hole mini-golf to share the story of Jesus’ birth. Designed as an outreach to engage the entire community, the event is both an opportunity for family fun and an introduction to the true meaning of Christmas.

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