ELEELE, Kauai, Hawaii – A church doesn’t need to be large to have an impact, either in its community or worldwide. Eleele Baptist Church and its Sunday morning congregation of about 45 is a case in point.

Pastor Paul Faseler was driving to a staff meeting when he noticed workers setting up for a county fair. He knew they traveled and worked every Sunday in a new location, so he thought, “I bet they don’t ever get to worship.”

Not all homework assignments are created equal. If Mrs. Fisher’s fourth and fifth graders at Grace Preparatory Academy in Needham, Massachusetts, learned anything last semester, it’s that.

ATLANTA – Several hundred pro-life advocates gathered on a blustery March day at Liberty Plaza in front of the Georgia State Capitol for a rally on Thursday, March 6, before marching around the building in the 2025 Georgia March for Life.

Randy Covington has resigned as executive director and treasurer of the Alaska Baptist Resource Network after apologizing for comments made regarding the Southern Baptist Convention’s decision to deem his home church, Rabbit Creek Church, not in friendly cooperation with the SBC.

CHIEFLAND, Florida — During their winter meeting, GuideStone trustees and staff recognized Pastor Jamie Brock and Concord Baptist Church in Chiefland, Florida, with the second annual John & Teresa Ambra Award.

BAR NUNN, Wyo. – Trent Fetherston had a reputation – the kind of reputation a man will get in an everybody-knows-everybody kind of town like Bar Nunn, Wyoming, when he spends what seems like thousands of consecutive happy hours with a drink in his hand and a chip on his shoulder.

Here in the mountains, we are deeply grateful for volunteers who come to the aid of our flood victims. People from all over the U.S. are temporarily laying down their daily lives to feed, mud out, clean up, tear out, and rebuild for those who were affected by the river flood a few weeks ago.

SODA SPRINGS, Idaho — Sunday morning attendance at Caribou Bible Church in Soda Springs, Idaho, jumped from 50 to 100 in two years. During the same time period, the church added a “jail ministry, recovery ministry, lunch ministry, church ministry,” said Jeff Uskoski, pastor of the church. “You have this huge God and you have us ordinary people.” 

I had a very dear friend who worked with me and retired back in 2020. I met up with her not long after she retired, and she gave me a gift - a flowerpot filled with daffodils

CELINA, Texas — Pastors and ministry leaders from across the north Texas region gathered to discuss preaching “tough texts” at a workshop from the Midwestern Institute for Preaching and Preachers on Feb. 24.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Faculty and other leaders of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary shared with students and visitors how they can have grace-filled conversations with each person they meet during the Living Wisely conference hosted by Student Life on Feb. 21.

Former seminary professor Matt Queen has been sentenced to one year of probation, six months of house arrest, and a $2,000 fine after being convicted of lying to federal investigators during an investigation into sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention.

David Johnson, executive director of the Arizona Mission Network of Southern Baptists since 2013, announced his intention to retire at the Convention Council meeting on Tuesday, March 4, in Phoenix. He said he intends to continue in his present position until the election of his successor.

WOODSTOCK, Ga. — Some 375 Hispanic believers gathered Saturday, March 1, to be encouraged in their call to reach the lost with the gospel of Jesus Christ at three evangelism conferences organized by the Hispanic ministry of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board in various parts of the state.

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Filling a need turned into eternal change for one man at Flowery Branch's Northstar Family Church on Feb. 9. At an annual Valentine's Date Night, the evening plans changed last minute due to unforeseen circumstances.

Leaders of the Baptist World Alliance and the All Africa Baptist Fellowship sent messages last week to Baptists in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, expressing “deep sorrow and continued solidarity with you during this time of crisis and suffering.”

DALLAS (BP) — Texas pastor Juan Sanchez is urging Southern Baptists to re-visit an amendment at the Annual Meeting this June that addresses the definition of pastor/elder/overseer in the SBC Constitution. Virginia pastor Mike Law originally presented an amendment to Article III of the Constitution – which came to be known as the Law Amendment – at the 2022 Annual Meeting in Anaheim.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – For almost a decade, authors J.T. English, Jen Wilkin and Kyle Worley have made it their mission to make theological education accessible to laypeople in the church.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – In Los Angeles, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers recently began helping homeowners sort through the remaining ashes of their houses in an attempt to salvage any belongings that may have survived the wildfires that swept through the area in January.

In Provo, appearances can be deceiving. “This is a beautiful community,” says David Gaskins. “Our nickname is Happy Valley. Every lawn is perfect. Every home is immaculate. But that’s the wild thing — Happy Valley is a sarcastic nickname because almost nobody is happy here.”

Occasionally, a young person will ask me to serve as a reference for them. It may be for a job opportunity, a scholarship, or a ministry assignment. I take each request seriously and consider it an honor to be asked.

The resurrected Jesus gave a mandate to His disciples that we refer to as the Great Commission: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations (or ethnic groups), baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matt. 28:19).

Bonnie Jean Rushing Simoneaux, 83, of Watkinsville, Georgia, passed away on Feb. 27, 2025, surrounded by four generations of her family.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (BP) – The picture brought Belinda Jenkins to tears and reminded her of the inherent worth that comes with long-term investment in students.