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Associate Managing Editor Scott Barkley's column "Remembering the Jesus Man and His Voice for the Gospel" received a 1st place honor in the Editorial/Opinion category. SCOTT BARKLEY/Index ALEXANDRIA, …

The search committee for the executive director of Georgia Baptist Mission Board has begun the search. The process began on April 12 dedicating that meeting to prayer. The committee is in the …

LOCUST GROVE — On Feb. 8 three law enforcement officers were dispatched to a Locust Grove address to serve a warrant. After a brief conversation with the subject the officers tried to take him into …

Human trafficking occurs at truck stops, on street corners and in luxury hotels throughout the state, with Atlanta being the focus. Members of Georgia Woman's Missionary Union, shown prayer walking a …

Nelson Goddard, left, learns CPR from instructor Sharon Smart as his wife, Laura, looks on. The couple serve as Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church in Suches. JOE WESTBURY/Index To paraphrase the classic …

Overflow crowd of 1,302 worshippers gather on Easter Sunday in the newly renovated sanctuary at Northside Baptist in Valdosta. NBC/Special VALDOSTA — On Easter Sunday Northside Baptist Church not …

Mallary Baptist Association oversees the ministry of 52 Georgia Baptist churches in Worth, Lee, and Dougherty counties. Hans Wunch serves as Associational Director of Missions from the Albany-based …

Items  are carefully packed and itemized by volunteers moving New Seasons Church from its home of nearly three years at Raleigh White Baptist Church. MARCUS GLASS/Special ALBANY — It’s moving …

DULUTH — Figures verified through Georgia Baptist Mission Board Financial Services revealed Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta as leader in Great Commission Giving for 2017.  Great …

It was a challenging year for Christians under the Gold Dome, but now is not the time to back down. MIKE GRIFFIN/SPECIAL In my eleven years of lobbying at the Georgia Capitol, this one stands out as …

DULUTH — The list of churches giving the highest percentage of their total receipts to the Cooperative Program in 2017 was recently released.  Members of the Georgia Baptist Convention …

By Mike Ebert SAN ANTONIO — First Baptist Church Sutherland Springs, the Southern Baptist congregation whose members were targeted by a gunman last November in what became one of the worst …

J. Robert White grins as he announces, three years ago this month, that the debt on the Missions and Ministry Center is paid in full. It is one of the highlights in his 26 years at the helm of the …

With the exception of David and Goliath, battles are never won by an army of one. That’s why Georgia Baptist Mission Board Executive Director J. Robert White is calling on ministry leaders …

Georgia Baptist Convention President Mike Stone, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Blackshear, announces that the following persons will serve on the 2018 Committee on Nominations: (Chairman) John Darsey, …

DULUTH — Georgia Baptist churches looking to protect their religious liberty while navigating murky cultural waters have an opportunity to do so at a discount.   Through a new …

The Polk-Haralson Baptist Association sign suffered extensive damage, but all told Georiga Baptist churches escaped relatively unscathed from Monday night's storms. JOHN MCBRIDE/Special This story …

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering 2018 Week of Prayer missionary Trent DeLoach sits with children from many nations at the Clarkston International Bible Church – one of the most diverse square miles …

Executive Director J. Robert White announced during the Executive Committee today (March 13) that he will retire effective Dec. 31. He celebrated his 25th anniversary with the Georgia Baptist Mission …

Recently, health care professionals conducted services at a discounted cost for others at Refuge Community Church in Austell. The outreach exemplifies the efforts of Pastor Will Gravely and church …

Minister Mary Johnson, center, and Missionary Betty Williams, right, discuss the benefits of the Woman's Missionary Union ministry with State Missionary Tabitha Fewell, left. The guests were part of …

For more than 70 years, Billy Graham proclaimed the Good News of Jesus Christ. With his funeral on Friday, March 2, the world says goodbye to "America's Preacher." BILLYGRAHAMLIBRARY.ORG/Special Much …

By David Roach H.B. Charles, pastor of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla., preaches at the 2017 Pastors' Conference. BILL BANGHAM/Special DALLAS (BP) — "Fulfill Your …

People paying their respects line the streets of Black Mountain, NC as the motorcade transporting the earthly body of Billy Graham makes its way to Charlotte. KATHY KMONICEK/AP CHARLOTTE — Franklin …

TMU President Emir Caner signs the contract to close on local properties in the presence of Vice President of Finance and Operations/General Council Joe Wiegand, Director of Financial Development …

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