SANDERSVILLE, Ga. — In his opening prayer on Sunday, Aug. 11, Sisters Baptist Church pastor Kevin Carter praised God for His faithfulness over the course of the congregation’s 200-year history. “Father,” he said, “You have been with us through depressions and wars and famines and all kinds of storms of life… We praise you for Your goodness and Your faithfulness.”

CHULA, Ga. — C.S. Lewis, in his book Miracles, defines a “miracle” as being the opposite of an “ordinary.” It is something so unexpected that it speaks to divine intervention. In recent years, a miracle takes place each July in the small South Georgia community of Chula, and BCM Send Me Now Mission Teams are some of the instruments that God has used to make it happen.

The Georgia Baptist Mission Board kicked off its series of SPARK church-strengthening conferences earlier this month with gatherings in Cornelia and Columbus. Initial attendance numbers are very encouraging, says Scott Sullivan, the board’s discipleship catalyst.

A team of Georgia Baptists from First Baptist Church of Jonesboro and the Georgia Baptist Mission Board recently returned from a fact-finding and ministry trip to Poland and Ukraine. Lanny Loe, missions pastor at FBC Jonesboro, in consultation with the International Mission Board, organized the visit to the war-torn nation with GBMB staff Chris Reynolds and Marty Youngblood.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief will opening a second recovery site in the Savannah areas on Monday, Aug. 19. The site will be located at Chevis Oaks Baptist Church.

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Christ Covenant church launched on Sept. 17, 2017, with 73 charter members. Since that time, the growth has been spectacular and on Nov. 6, 2022, the church celebrated the grand opening of a new facility with 1.750 in attendance.

STATESBORO, Ga. (BP) – Floodwaters from Mill Creek last week sabotaged the serene Blessing Field, purchased a year ago by the Cambodian Southern Baptist Fellowship and used just last month for their annual retreat.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Vacation Bible School is a widely familiar term in our culture, identifiable with both kids and parents as a fun way to learn about God’s Word. Vacation Bible School traces its roots to New York City where in 1898 Virginia Hawes, concerned with the spiritual formation of school children, rented a beer hall in the city’s East Side to conduct an Everyday Bible School. Hawes envisioned a place where kids could safely spend their summer while learning about the Bible and receiving spiritual nourishment.

As summer comes to an end, late vacations wrap up and students prepare to go back to school, Georgia Baptist camps celebrate a fruitful season of ministry. Close to 1,000 students spent time this year at Camp Kaleo and Camp Pinnacle, with more than 30 placing their faith in Christ for salvation.

CLAYTON, Ga. — More than 500 campers and their moms attended sessions at Camp Pinnacle, owned and operated by Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union of Georgia this summer. Camp director Tabitha Ferrell said 10 campers made salvation decisions.

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College faculty heard from a group of state convention executive directors during their fall workshop earlier this month.  The executive directors shared about ministry needs they see throughout their particular convention, and how NOBTS can help partner with them to meet these needs.  

OPELIKA, Ala. — It was a historic occasion, a night to remember. The Sons of Jubal choir crossed the Chattahoochee River and drove deep into Alabama territory, all the way to Opelika and nearly to Auburn. There, they joined forces with their brothers, the Alabama Singing Men to engage in spiritual battle.

STATESBORO, Ga. (BP) – As rainfall totals passed 12 inches, saturated ground led to fallen trees, dams giving way and more than 100 damaged roads in Bulloch County, Georgia, from Tropical Storm Debby. Pastor Todd Wiggins of Southbridge Community Church was among those affected, as floodwaters crept into his home.

STATESBORO, Ga. — In the wake of the passing of Tropical Storm Debby, Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief will deploy a team of assessors to determine the extent of damage to homes in Bulloch and Evans counties. The assessors will arrive in Statesboro on Monday and begin the task of identifying and locating some of the reported 200 affected homes.

DALTON, Ga. —  One of the most meaningful and impactful experiences a Christian can have is volunteering for a mission project, whether overseas or in the United States. Thankfully hundreds of Georgia Baptist churches plan, organize and often even provide the funds for their members to have a hands-on mission experience.

A new study by researcher Dr. George Barna conducted by Arizona Christian University’s Cultural Research Center, reveals that evangelicals are fewer in number, less biblically grounded, and less politically engaged than previously believed.

WAYNESBORO, Ga. — One of Georgia’s oldest churches, founded in 1773, was vandalized on Sunday morning, Aug. 4, several hours before the church’s regular Bible study hour and worship service. Broken beer bottles were found inside Botsford Baptist Church. Shards of glass were embedded in multiple cushioned chairs. Bullet holes were found in the windows, and .22 caliber cartridges were scattered around the church grounds.

SUWANEE, Ga. — The Georgia Baptist Mission Board will hold its annual SPARK church-strengthening in six locations across the state this year. At SPARK, attendees will gain insights into how churches can grow disciples and reach their communities for Christ.

HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby slammed Florida on Monday with torrential rain and high winds, contributing to at least four deaths in the state and the rescue of hundreds from flooded homes before turning menacingly toward the Eastern Seaboard’s low-lying regions and threatening to flood some of America’s most historic Southern cities.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — Six hundred backpacks, filled with school supplies. That was the goal that Pastor Al Mead set for the congregation at New Hope’s North Campus in Fayetteville and South Campus in Senoia. 

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — Students at North Fayette Elementary School were treated to free backpacks filled with school supplies and a "Back to School Bash" on Saturday, courtesy of New Hope Baptist Church.

ADEL, Ga. — Pastor Brian Gay and the congregation of Greggs Baptist Church in Adel take evangelism seriously. Gay believes that the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament is the best church growth manual available and that those who follow that model will generally find success.

GRAY, Ga. — When Pastor Adam Bray and his wife Megan came to Elam Baptist Church two years ago, they had a vision of a “church without walls.” They saw the various Mission Georgia initiatives as great ways to impact their community and be able to share the transforming truth of the gospel.

​The Friendship Baptist Association in rural southwest Georgia, like many other rural associations, is confronting a crisis. It is experiencing a shortage of pastors, youth and children's workers, and musicians. The association, spread over nine counties, has 47 churches and missions. Currently, eight of those churches are without a pastor, in an association where 65 percent of the churches are served by bi-vocational pastors.

MARIETTA, Ga. — The Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb has a mission: "to spread the love of Christ by providing a quality healthcare home to the uninsured and underserved in our community.”