BOWMAN, GA.  — Greg Bentley is the new Associational Mission Strategist for Hebron Baptist Association in Elbert, Hart, Madison, and Franklin Counties, Georgia, as of May 1, 2025. 

MALLORYSVILLE, Ga. — In everything you do, jump in and do it until another door opens. If another door doesn’t open, just keep doing what you're doing, a humble Rev. Paul Reviere said. “I’ve been fortunate that that door has not opened for me to leave those good people up there. It’s just a wonderful fellowship.”

WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A lawyer on Tuesday said the teen accused of killing four people in a shooting at Georgia’s Apalachee High School is moving toward pleading guilty.

CUMMING, Ga. — What began as a simple coat drive for Hurricane Helene victims has grown into a long-term mission of love, led by Haw Creek Baptist Church, other Hightower Baptist Association congregations, and Christian ministries across northeast Georgia.

MARTINEZ, Ga. — Catherine Renfro challenged women to live with “expectant faith,” Friday, April 25, at Georgia Baptist Women’s 2025 Spring Event at Abilene Baptist Church. Saturday’s message from Elizabeth Woodson focused on the theme of enduring faithfully through difficult seasons by trusting in God’s presence, promises, and purpose.

MARTINEZ, Ga. — Some 600 women came together at the Georgia Baptist Women's 2025 Spring Event in Martinez for two days of encouragement, fellowship, and teaching, kicking off with a Mission Georgia service project on Friday.

ATLANTA — The Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) building at Georgia Tech, a longtime hub for student ministry, will soon be replaced by a new five-story, mixed-use development aimed at expanding both housing and ministry opportunities.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief teams are mobilizing to Kentucky to help flood-stricken communities recover after historic rains pushed rivers to near-record levels and inundated hundreds of homes across the state.

MARTINEZ, Ga. — Serving others is one of Georgia Baptist Women's key missional emphases, and the kickoff to the 2025 Spring Event at Abilene Baptist Church in Martinez powerfully underscored that point.

JONESBORO, Ga. — Nearly 200 Spanish-speaking church leaders gathered at First Baptist Church Jonesboro on Saturday, April 5, for a day of worship, encouragement, and leadership training centered on the theme Liderazgo fiel y eficaz — Faithful and Effective Leadership.

ATLANTA – After seeing a church advertised on social media, a recently divorced father happened into All Grace Church in Atlanta with his two daughters. All Grace wasn’t the church he’d seen online, but it turned out to be the one he needed.

MARIETTA, Ga. — Marlon Longacre, associate pastor of Community Engagement at Piedmont Church in Marietta, orchestrated a mammoth Egg Drop at Sprayberry High School for the 13th year on Saturday, April 19. Each year, the spectacular event has grown, and this year, more than 20,000 people showed up for the extravaganza. More than 95,000 eggs with candy inside were waiting to be found by excited children.

Across Georgia, churches large and small saw filled pews and crowded sanctuaries as record numbers of worshippers gathered to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. From rural towns to urban centers, pastors are reporting historic Easter Sunday turnouts and powerful moments of salvation and baptism.

GRAYSON, Ga. — Churches and communities gathered on Good Friday for services across Georgia. For the first time, seven Grayson-area churches assembled Friday night for Good Friday Grayson. A crowd estimated at more than 1000 gathered in Grayson Park for worship, scripture reading, prayer, and messages from pastors and ministry leaders who shared from the seven sayings of Jesus throughout the Gospels during the crucifixion.

SUWANEE, Ga. — The Georgia Baptist Mission Board's Public Affairs Ministry is launching a new round of training events this month, designed to equip pastors and church members with the tools and insights they need to effectively engage in today’s cultural and political landscape. The training sessions, set to run from April through November, will take place in eight cities across the state, beginning April 29 in Dalton.

CLAYTON, Ga. — Nearly 300 women gathered in the scenic north Georgia mountains on a beautiful early spring weekend for a time of fellowship, worship, and renewal. The retreat organized by the Georgia Baptist Hispanic Women’s ministry provided the women with an opportunity to spend time with like-minded sisters, learning from and encouraging each other.

CHATSWORTH, Ga. — Randy Ellis, pastor of First Baptist Church in Chatsworth, is a fisher of men and a hunter of gators. Ellis finally met all regulations specified by the Wildlife Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and qualified to have a hands-on, eye-to-eye hunting adventure in search of an alligator.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Most pastors believe their churches will be around for at least another decade. According to a Lifeway Research study of U.S. Protestant pastors, 94% believe their churches will still exist in 10 years, 4% disagree, and 2% aren’t sure. 

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga.  — On a winter evening at First Baptist Church Peachtree City, a group of single adults gathered to forge authentic relationships, and God answered prayer in a big way.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An American pastor who was kidnapped last week by armed and masked men during a sermon in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa was rescued on Tuesday after three of his abductors engaged in gunfire with officials and were killed, police reported Wednesday.

BRASELTON, Ga. — North Metro Baptist Church has relocated to a beautiful new campus and a modern state-of-the-art facility with all the most recent innovations and technologies and opened for business, the Lord’s business that is, on Palm Sunday.

When Ruth visited Fran in summer 2023, Ruth didn’t expect to end up in the hospital, fighting for her life.  International Mission Board missionaries Wade and Catherine Hampton have seen God work in Southeast Asia, but they don’t always see Him work through an attempted murder. This story is one they shared with Southern Baptists, asking for prayer.  

SUWANEE, Ga. — As Southern Baptists prepare to celebrate this 100th anniversary of the Cooperative Program next month, the Georgia Baptist Mission Board reported that 2024 CP giving by Georgia churches rose slightly over the previous year, bucking the national trend.

PRESTON, Ga. — On a spring Saturday that felt more like summer, the Holy Smoke Christian Grilling Competition returned for its 21st year with all the flavor, fellowship, and competition that have made it a fixture of ministry-minded barbecue.

FORT VALLEY, Ga. — Dr. Dennis Rivera is a very busy man these days. He currently commutes 25 minutes from Warner Robins to his office at First Baptist Church Fort Valley to pastor two churches full time. “It’s a lot of preparation,” said Rivera. “It’s a joy to serve the Lord in these two capacities.”