By Richard Moltz I guess I shouldn’t cut the grass.  It gives me too much time for thinking.  That’s what happened yesterday. The last few years have been hard. Actually too much has …

Tommy Fountain Sr. says Russell Moore's claim about a Georgia task force is false. By Roger Alford DULUTH, Ga. – A claim in Russell Moore’s now infamous letter …

A volunteer helps a child with her reading in a Mission Georgia initiative that has educational and spiritual benefits. By Roger Alford FITZGERALD, Ga. – As a retired teacher and a concerned …

NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission will maintain the same aim in its work while the search is underway for a new leader, acting president Daniel …

Javier Chavez, pastor of Amistad Cristiana in Gainesville, visiting professor of global mission at Truett McConnell University and nominee for second vice president of the SBC, speaks at …

Russell Moore's leaked letters continue to make waves in the Southern Baptist Convention. By Scott Barkley NASHVILLE (BP) – A second letter written by former Ethics & Religious …

Rick Warren has announced his resignation from Saddleback Church. By Jonathan Howe LAKE FOREST, Cali. (BP) – Pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren announced Sunday that he is …

By Laura Erlanson NASHVILLE (BP) – On a website that often makes social media look terribly anti-social, many Southern Baptists have been sharing some positivity with the Twitter hashtag …

Pastor Terry Rainwater is shown here speaking to fans at a Lagrange Championship Wrestling event. (Photo/Lagrange Championship Wrestling) By J. Gerald Harris HOGANSVILLE – Terry Rainwater will …

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 …

By Mike Griffin One of the seven leading areas Georgia Baptists lobbied on at the state Capitol this year was child protection policy. There were five primary pieces of legislation that we were …

By Karen Willoughby EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah – As a church planter southwest of Salt Lake City, Barry Smith is committed to the Cooperative Program. “As a NAMB planter I know where the money goes,” …

Georgia Baptists are able to help get the gospel to the nations through the greatest evangelistic initiative of the modern church age. It's called the Cooperative Program. Roger Alford By Roger …

Jimmy and Amy Patterson look over his letter of resignation to First Baptist Church of Newnan. He resigned because of health issues. In October 2020 the pastor of First Baptist Church Newnan, Jimmy …

Editor’s note: James Merritt is pastor of Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, Ga., and chairman of the 2021 SBC Resolutions Committee. Merritt served as president of the SBC from 2000-2002. By James …

WASHINGTON (BP) — Southern Baptists are calling on Congress to reverse a move by President Joe Biden to allow federal funding to pay for abortions. On May 28, Biden released a $6 trillion budget …

Suraj Rana uses an oxygen concentrator supplied by Georgia Baptists to help him breathe. Rana fully recovered. (Photo/Good News Centre) By Roger Alford DULUTH, Ga. – …

Trevin Wax has joined the North American Mission Board to launch an initiative aimed at helping pastors, church-planting missionaries. By Scott Knuteson ALPHARETTA, Ga. …

Editor’s note: A four-way race for president of the Southern Baptist Convention is generating keen interest in the upcoming annual meeting in Nashville. Church leaders from across the country – …

NASHVILLE (BP) – The 2021 Book of Reports of the Southern Baptist Convention, containing reports from SBC entities and recommendations from the SBC Executive Committee to messengers at the 2021 SBC …

Martin Daymond Young was buried in his hometown in Kentucky nearly 80 years after he died at Pearl Harbor By Diana Chandler LEWISPORT, Ky. (BP) – Joyce Phillips Nall still has the grass skirt her …

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 …

By Roger Alford I’ve been amazed by just how much “horn cussing” is going on these days. You’ve heard it, the angry honking of car horns. It has become almost epidemic, even in …

H.B. Charles Jr., pastor of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla., will be among the speakers at National Conference on Preaching June 16-18 in Nashville. BP file photo …

Doug and Greta McCart are praising the Lord for seeing them safely through a tornado with winds estimated at 175 mph. By Roger Alford NEWNAN, Ga. – Pastor Doug McCart, who survived a potentially …