Patrice Williams poses with children during a mission trip to Guatemala with First Baptist Church of Villa Rica. By J. Gerald Harris VILLA RICA – Patrice Williams had always thought she’d marry a preacher, but when she fell in love and married a U.S. Army military policeman, she assumed she had been wrong. That was […]
Ashley Tyree takes a selfie at a recent meeting of the Food for the Soul discipleship group that is part of the chaplaincy ministry for The Beasley Group in south Georgia. By Scott Barkley HAZLEHURST, Ga. (BP) – Just as it goes with the church, life has a way of impacting the workplace. Employees deal […]
Dana King, dean of the Shorter University School of Education, is being credited with upping the teacher prep program’s standings in Georgia. By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index ROME, Ga. – A veteran teacher turned college professor is being credited with leading the Shorter University School of Education into the upper echelon of Georgia’s teacher prep […]
The Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s regional evangelism conferences are set for February and March. By JJ Washington A series of regional evangelism conferences organized by the Georgia Baptist Mission Board and scheduled for early next year have several new features, and one of them is the addition of breakout sessions. The objective of the conferences […]
Atlanta Pastor Emory Berry Jr. was invited to preach Alumni Day message at Candler School of Theology. By Allison Smith Emory Berry Jr., pastor of Greenforest Community Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga., was recently honored by Emory University’s Candler School of Theology with an invitation to preach the key message this week on Alumni Day. […]
Nursing students from Augusta University pose for a photo at one of their weekly Bible studies. ATHENS, Ga. — University of Georgia campus missionary Katie Fisher has partnered with current nursing student Luke Forrester to establish a new ministry for nursing students at Augusta University’s Athens campus. Each Friday morning, Fisher, an employee of the […]
ATLANTA – Russell “Russ” Talmadge Barker, director of missions for the Atlanta Baptist Association from 1982 until his retirement in 1999, died Monday. He was 89. “We are thankful for the many years of dedicated service that Russ Barker gave for the Atlanta Baptist Association and we honor his legacy,” said Jimmy Baughcum, executive director […]
The Agape Kids speakers’ panel answered questions about ministering to foster and adoptive families’ needs. Pictured from left to right are Tim VanLandingham, Misty Morris, Amanda Bailey, and Sandra Brown. By Timothy VanLandingham Childhood is the time when our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellbeing is developed so that we may enjoy and even prosper […]
Pastor Michael Flowers preaches at Rosemont Baptist Church in Waynesboro. By J. Gerald Harris WAYNESBORO – After serving Georgia Baptists for 19 years as the Camp Director of Camp Kaleo, Michael Flowers was called to serve as the pastor of Rosemont Baptist Church in Waynesboro on August 1st and began his role as pastor on […]
Luke Foster enjoys being outdoors, which makes his job at Georgia’s Camp Kaleo especially appealing. By J. Gerald Harris FORSYTH – Luke Foster has become the new director for the Camp Kaleo Retreat Center in middle Georgia. He succeeds Michael Flowers, who recently accepted the call to be the pastor of Rosemont Baptist Church in […]
John Robert Anderson, age 78, of Tiger, Georgia passed away at home on September 27, 2021. Robert was born on September 21,1943 to the late L.B. Anderson and the late Lucille Cates Anderson in Augusta, Georgia. Robert earned a Master of Agriculture from the University of Georgia prior to earning a Master of Divinity from […]
Joe Graham speaks to a group about collegiate ministry. The Georgia Baptist Mission Board staffer is retiring effective Thursday. By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index DULUTH, Ga. – Joe Graham, described by colleagues as a model of humility and a legend in collegiate ministry, is retiring effective Thursday, closing out a 38-year career with the Georgia […]