I couldn’t be more proud of Teresa Royall, our Baptist campus minister at Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta. She ministers in the midst of one of our most culturally-diverse BCMs and …

Southern Baptist Convention messengers gather in Birmingham last year. SCOTT BARKLEY/Index Georgia has largest numerical increase in baptisms, SBC EC President Floyd calls for rethinking ACP process …

NASHVILLE (BP) – Gifts to the national Cooperative Program Allocation Budget for May 2020 were below budget by more than $1.5 million as the COVID-19 global pandemic continues to impact churches …

The deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd have brought into question the dignity and value of human life. Tragedies like these remind us that we are still living in a broken world, the domino …

DULUTH – On June 5, 2020, the Georgia Baptist Mission Board released a statement regarding racial injustice in the nation, but also focused on Georgia. The statement was originally posted on the …

Part of the Send Me Now team assigned to the Mission Centers of Houston. CLARISSA MORRISON/Special Amidst uncertainty and changes as a result of COVID-19, the first Send Me Now missionaries of the …

NASHVILLE (BP) -- Thirty years ago this summer, a group of 137 youth and adults spent a week in Appalachian coal country doing construction work on nine homes and sharing the Gospel in the …

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10, KJV  A few months ago, …

Henry Ward Beecher was a renowned preacher, author, social reformer, and anti-slavery activist who lived in the 19th century. Beecher’s fiery, confident personality was displayed early in life when …

The Georgia Baptist Mission Board has made the difficult decision to cancel its summer camps in July. Leadership of the mission board cited the ongoing concerns with the novel coronavirus as well as …

It’s time for a reset. The time we have spent apart due to the COVID-19 quarantine will have an eternal impact on churches as we move forward into the future. It has changed the …

HOUSTON (BP) -- Listening to the discussion surrounding the reopening of churches after the COVID-19 shutdown, Steve Bezner could see much of it revolved around a dichotomy of faith versus fear. As …

There’s no doubt that this summer will look very different than any other summer in recent history.  As most events and activities have been cancelled or postponed, families will be spending …

Protest against police violence - Justice for George Floyd Fibonacci Blue / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptist …

Monday, June 1 2 Samuel 18:1-19:10 John 20:1-31 Psalm 119:153-176 Proverbs 16:14-15 Tuesday, June 2 2 Samuel 19:11-20:13 John 21:1-25 Psalm 120:1-7 Proverbs 16:16-17 …

CUMMING — Clarence Everette Drummond, longtime Georgia Baptist pastor and Georgia Baptist Convention employee, died Feb. 27 surrounded by family. He was 81. A native of Upson County, …

Mike Griffin gives the legislative update regarding Governor Brian Kemp's press conference Thursday, May 28. Yesterday, Governor Brian Kemp held a press conference at …

Staff of First Baptist Church in Blakely deliver masks to LifeBrite Community Hospital. Standing left to right in their Mission Georgia shirts are Senior Pastor Lyle Brackin, Student Pastor Bradley …

By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) — Southern Baptist leaders commended to churches the new federal guidelines for restoring in-person worship gatherings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, even …

Steve Pickern stands with his wife of 46 years, Alice, at a Memorial Day gathering. He has maintained a daily witnessing commitment since January, leading at least one person to the Lord during that …

By Marshal Ausberry FAIRFAX STATION, Va. (BP) — My Christian worldview dictates that all human life is sacred. I come to this bedrock foundational belief informed by Genesis 9:6, which tells us …

By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) — Southern Baptist leaders are urging government officials to treat churches and other religious groups more justly in their reopening policies …

By Evan Riekhof MOUNT VERNON — Brewton-Parker College’s (BPC) Assistant Professor of History and Christian Studies, Dr. Adam Coker, received news that his academic book will be …

Over the weekend the above chart made its way across social media, shared by many pastors. If I knew the source of it, I’d gladly mention it here. But I don’t. That’s a shame, because I’d …

Bible Studies for Life  Romans 14:1-3, 13-19  As a new missionary to China in the 1870s, Lottie Moon was met with taunts and mocking for her western clothes. But a …