Georgia
With a purpose and a plan, sisters use a lemonade stand to raise money for schools
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Eight-year-old Arlington Blanton, right, and her sister, Ansley, left, sold lemonade as a way to raise funds for children at Emerson Elementary School in Bartow County. The girls, who attend another school in the county, are members of Emerson First Baptist Church, where Chris Weldon is pastor and their father, David, serves as connections pastor. […]
Breakout sessions for discussion mark recent GBC Executive Committee meeting
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Seated at left, Executive Committee member Scott Parrish, who also serves as pastor of Emmaus Baptist Church in Resaca, makes a point during a breakout group’s discussion of strategic church planting as Larry Wynn, Georgia Baptist assistant executive director, looks on. The addition of breakout groups during the quarterly meeting model a shift in the […]
An old Coca-Cola bottling plant is reaching Albany’s youth. Here’s how.
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A volunteer with The Hope Center teaches a class. Sherwood Baptist Church initially received the old bottling factory from Coca-Cola as a donation, but since then has partnered with other churches to make it a hub for Disaster Relief as well as efforts to reach at-risk youth. KEN BEVEL/Special ALBANY — When Coca-Cola donated its […]
Online registration opens for GBC meeting, messenger letters mailed
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Letters mailed out this week to churches provide Cooperative Program and other SBC giving totals…
What’s happening around the state
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A retirement reception will be held for Ken Cloud, longtime pastor, evangelist, and associational missionary for Bowen Baptist Association, on Sept. 21. The event will take place at the Association office, located at 1309 Vada Road in Bainbridge, beginning at 3 p.m. Light finger foods, cake, and punch will be provided for friends and […]
The key to college ministry is a key to church growth
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Above: Joe Graham, lead state missionary for the Georgia Baptist Collegiate Ministries, speaks with Abby Everett, a teaching and discipleship intern at First Baptist Statesboro and a graduating senior at Georgia Southern. MYRIAH SNYDER/Index STATESBORO — Generation Z, typically defined as those born between 1997 and 2015, make up 26% of the population today. However, they’re still largely misunderstood. They don’t […]
Your state convention helps churches reach your state and our world for Christ
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“I have seen firsthand the missional impact of state convention ministries.”
Mauldin, former IMB missionary and pastor’s widow, dies
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Above, Christine Mauldin, former IMB missionary and Georgia Baptist pastor’s widow, died on Aug. 26. ELLAVILLE – Christine Mauldin, widow of former Georgia Baptist pastor Kenneth Mauldin and former International Mission Board missionary to Guyana, South America, passed away on Aug. 26. She was 82. Mauldin, an Alabama native, served as a Southern Baptist pastor’s […]
