No matter a person’s age, navigating the call to ministry can be a confusing journey. That’s why the folks at the Georgia Baptist Mission Board deserves a word of thanks for a new initiative they’ve started. The Called to Ministry initiative is designed to help the next generation of ministers make sense of it all. Levi Skipper, […]
Every year in September, Georgia’s 1.4 million Southern Baptists have an opportunity to give to Mission Georgia, an initiative that is having a tremendous impact right here at home. Simply put, Mission Georgia is tackling the states’ most serious issues, and churches need to support the initiative in a big way. Through Mission Georgia, teenage girls forced […]
Stuckey Baptist Church may be small but it certainly has a big heart. The rural church in Glenwood, Ga., has fewer than 30 people in attendance on Sunday mornings, but it is one of the state’s most generous in terms of percentage of giving to state, national and global missions. For every $100 that goes […]
What everyone is Georgia knows is that former Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran is a good man. In fact, Cochran is a hero in evangelical circles because he took on the city of Atlanta in a high-profile religious freedom case and won. Cochran has accepted a top position at Alliance Defending Freedom, the legal rights […]
Like it or not, our country is reaping the bitter fruits of generations of Christians who believed it was somehow wrong to be engaged in the political process. Their withdrawal has meant God’s people have had little voice in issues that truly matter, issues of great ethical and moral significance. In the meantime, groups that […]
Pastor Jack Lee is shown here baptizing Thomas Swilley at Altamaha Baptist Church. Lee is retiring as the church’s pastor at the end of July. _______________ Wayne County has been described as a bit of heaven on earth. The people are friendly. The countryside is beautiful. Myrtle blossoms add splashes of white and pink to […]
A group of campers enjoy activities on the small lake at the Pinnacle Retreat Center. The mental image painted in a recent article about the Pinnacle Retreat Center near Clayton, Georgia, is one of breathtaking beauty. Butterflies flittering on a warm summer breeze. Songbirds calling to one another from towering pines and leafy oaks. Geese […]
More than 20,000 Southern Baptists have wrapped up a gargantuan business meeting in Nashville. Now, it’s time to heed the advice of David Jeremiah and get back to the work of spreading the Gospel. “We have to stay on message,” said the 80-year-old Jeremiah, pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church near San Diego. “Take care […]
What would you be willing to do to steer a child away from a life of crime? What would you be willing to do to ensure that a child grows into a responsible adult who contributes to society in a positive way? What would you be willing to do to guide in a direction that […]
Dr. Patterson and his wife, Amy, at their home in Newnan. Dr. Jimmy Dale Patterson is one of the finest pastors you could ever meet, so news of his retirement from First Baptist Church in Newnan is rather jolting. Losing such a fine preacher and teacher of God’s Word from the pulpit is a great […]
The story of First Baptist Church in Duluth, Ga., is truly an amazing one as told last week by The Christian Index’s editor, Roger Alford. More than a decade ago, the church examined itself and realized it looked very little like the community it serves. The congregation was 97 percent Anglo. But the community had […]
IMB President Paul Chitwood, left, visits with trustee Chairman Chuck Pourciau, recording secretary Carol Pfeiffer and second vice chairman Nate Bishop. (IMB photo) EDITORIAL Southern Baptist missionaries have clearly gone the extra mile in the midst of a global pandemic to get the Gospel to the nations. An annual statistical report released by the SBC’s […]