NASHVILLE (BP) — Southern Baptists across the nation will be able to watch the Executive Committee work through a disagreement Tuesday over whether to waive attorney-client privilege as had been requested by messengers to the SBC annual meeting and the Sexual Abuse Task Force appointed by SBC President Ed Litton. The Executive Committee is scheduled […]
Missions have always been an integral part of life for Georgia Baptists, including these folks from Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index WAYCROSS, Ga. – Former International Mission Board missionaries Clint and Harriet and Bowman want to help small- and medium-sized churches learn that they have big roles to play in getting […]
By Laura Erlanson NASHVILLE (BP) — In its first meeting since messengers to the June 2021 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting called for an independent, third-party review of the SBC Executive Committee, the EC responded to several routine motions and moved to fund the independent review but declined to waive attorney-client privilege for the time […]
Silas Yakuba Ali was pastor of of an evangelical church in Nigeria. By Diana Chandler KADUNA, Nigeria (BP) – Militant groups have killed at least 14 Christians, including an evangelical pastor, in southern Kaduna since Sept. 11 and have kidnapped a Catholic priest, the Premium Times of Nigeria reported. The macheted and gunshot body of […]
During the pandemic, Barry Calhoun used Microsoft Teams to connect with his father and extended family who live more than 600 miles away, leading them in Lifeway’s Explore the Bible study on the book of Luke. (Photo/David Clanton) By Aaron Wilson NASHVILLE (BP) – Barry Calhoun opened the Bible study book on his desk and […]
IMB’s long-term missionaries serving in countries around the world will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. By Julie McGowan RICHMOND, Virginia—Desiring to help its team members maintain access to unreached peoples and places and remain healthy as they seek to take the gospel to all nations, the International Mission Board announced a policy Sept. […]
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 […]
By Tom Strode AUSTIN, Texas (BP) – A Texas law that prohibits abortion when a fetal heartbeat can be detected became effective Wednesday in a barrier-breaking development hailed by pro-life advocates and decried by abortion-rights defenders. The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to block enforcement of the measure in response to a last-ditch request by abortion-rights […]
Hispanic pastors from across Georgia listen as Thomas Hammond welcomes them to the Georgia Baptist Missions and Ministry Center. By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index DULUTH, Ga. – Pastor Charles Quintero didn’t know about all the many ways the Georgia Baptist Mission Board serves pastors and churches. That changed on Tuesday when Quintero joined about 70 […]
Hurricane Ida arrived in Port Fourchon, La., around noon Sunday (Aug. 29) as a Category 4 storm. With winds of 150 mph, Ida is one of the strongest storms to hit the mainland United States. (NOAA satellite image) By Brandon Elrod ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – Sixteen years to the day after Katrina’s historic landfall, Hurricane […]
By Diana Chandler KADUNA, Nigeria (BP) – An additional 47 Nigerian Baptist school students kidnapped in July have been released, leaving captive 31 of the more than 120 originally taken, the Christian Association of Nigeria reported Saturday. Bandits previously described as Fulani herdsmen released 32 Bethel Baptist High School to their parents Friday, school administrator […]
By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index ROCK SPRING, Ga. – COVID-19 may have impacted lots of things, but it didn’t impact giving at Peavine Baptist Church in north Georgia. Peavine, which has been recognized as one of the fastest growing churches in America, prospered financially during the pandemic, paying off a debt that had stood at […]