What happened down in Moultrie this week should serve as a reminder about how incredibly gifted the people at the Georgia Baptist Mission Board are.

I was sitting in a church on a recent Wednesday night listening to the pastor teach an in-depth Bible lesson. All of a sudden there was a tangential discussion on people’s hair and bald-headedness. That is when the pastor injected a comment about Elisha cursing some children who had taunted him, and how they were then attacked and mauled by two bears.

CHATTANOOGA – Conclave 2022 - a worship and training event for student ministry workers was held January 20-22 at the Convention Center in Chattanooga, TN. Conclave is a student ministry conference designed to equip, encourage, rejuvenate, and empower next generation ministers to more effectively reach and disciple teenagers with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

NASHVILLE (BP) – The start of 2022 indicates a continuation of recent giving trends in the SBC as giving through the national Cooperative Program Allocation Budget has soared to more than 12 percent above budget for the fiscal year. January’s $21.1 million total is only the second time a monthly total has surpassed $21 million in the last decade (February 2019).

BEIJING (AP) — The country where the coronavirus outbreak emerged two years ago launched a locked-down Winter Olympics on Friday, proudly projecting its might on the most global of stages even as some Western governments mounted a diplomatic boycott over the way China treats millions of its own people.

Meta is putting a lot of virtual eggs — and billions of dollars — into the metaverse basket, and Wall Street is pretty anxious about it.

GLEN ALLEN, Va. (BP) – Neither John nor Serena Tail grew up as believers. “We routinely just lived for ourselves,” John explained. As a young person Serena often heard that church was full of hypocrites.

MOULTRIE, Ga – Pastor Matt Greene stressed the need to pray and prepare in the months leading up to revival services at Kingwood Baptist Church. The results were remarkable.

You may not know this about me, but I have my own personal coffee barista.  Part-time, of course. When my son comes home, he brings his espresso machine complete with froth-er. 

With American hospitals facing a dire shortage of nurses amid a slogging pandemic, many are looking abroad for health care workers. And it could be just in time. There's an unusually high …

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – The North American Mission Board announced Thursday, Jan. 27, that more than 50,000 people had, through the Who’s Your One evangelism campaign, represented their commitment to pray for and share the Gospel with at least one person by placing their “one” on the Who’s Your One map.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is sending about 2,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland and Germany and shifting 1,000 soldiers from Germany to Romania as demonstrations of America's commitments to allies on NATO's eastern flank amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

ATHENS, Ga. – Audrey Kittila relishes taking on new challenges. That’s what landed her on stage at the Miss University of Georgia competition. “I didn’t think I’d actually win, I had never competed before,” the 19-year-old from Milton, Ga., said. 

I wanted to take a moment to give a birthday shoutout to an incredible friend, one who has proven invaluable to generations of Georgia Baptists.

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — There will be six more weeks of winter, Punxsutawney Phil predicted as he emerged from his burrow on Wednesday to perform his Groundhog Day duties.

What an awesome day it was at the 8th Annual Georgia Baptist Pastors Day at the State Capitol. Nearly 160 pastors, ministry leaders, laypeople, and legislators gathered on Feb. 27 to be inspired and encouraged to understand the political process from a Christian perspective.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday awarded $408 million from federal coronavirus relief funds to 49 entities to expand high-speed internet access in rural parts of the state.

RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — One student was killed and another critically injured in a shooting Tuesday near the front entrance to a suburban Minneapolis school, police said.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Willie McLaurin will be the interim president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee. The EC officers made the announcement Tuesday.

ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — A cloud-based supply chain startup will be expanding its fulfillment operations in metro Atlanta by adding 100 new positions in Henry County.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the U.S. and its allies have ignored Russia’s top security demands but added that Moscow remains open to more talks with the West on easing soaring tensions over Ukraine.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady, the most successful quarterback in NFL history, has retired after winning seven Super Bowls and setting numerous passing records in an unprecedented 22-year career.

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Heavy gunfire broke out around Guinea-Bissau's government palace in an apparent coup attempt Tuesday, although President Umaro Sissoco Embalo later posted on social media that calm had returned to the West African country.

SNELLVILLE, Ga. – Church music has gone through many transitions through the years. Many have suffered through the transitions, because new music and different styles failed to suit their preference, but there is a beauty and power to Biblically based music that exalts the Lord.

MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – Students from Brewton-Parker College have joined volunteers from South Newport Baptist Church in Townsend to help build tiny homes for homeless veterans.