Since its inception in 1981, PrayerLine has been a reliable source for daily prayer requests from the International Mission Board, enabling callers to listen and pray for international missions. Dedicated people like Joey Bosch and David Ratliff have been using this service for years, finding joy and purpose in praying for missions across the world.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A tractor-trailer loaded with generators, temporary roofing, more than 20,000 meals, and equipment to serve meals to first responders and survivors, has staged at Send Relief’s headquarters in Alpharetta.

SWANNANOA, N.C. (BP) — As a student minister in Deland, Fla., Jeff Dowdy led a group of teenagers to Metairie, La., to join the cleanup response after Hurricane Katrina. He was at his church, Stetson Baptist, when four hurricanes rolled through his city in just over a month’s time in 2004.

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia county official died after he collapsed at the state Capitol following testimony he gave during a hearing about a chemical plant fire.

FRANKLIN , Tenn. — The response by Tennessee Baptists disaster relief volunteers in recent days can best be summed up in one word: Extensive. That word applies to almost every aspect of the ongoing relief efforts — including the amount of time that the projects are going to take, the range of the impacted areas and the variety of assignments that the volunteers are being asked to do. 

ATLANTA (AP) — The pilot of a larger plane was looking away from the tail of a smaller plane when the larger plane’s right wing hit the tail and knocked it over while taxiing at Atlanta’s airport on the morning of Sept. 10, according to an aviation safety report.

This has been a tough week for several reasons. Unexpected change is hard for me. I like to know what to expect and when to expect it. I only wish life worked that way but sadly it doesn’t. I don’t mean any of this to sound trivial, but this has just been life lately.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — How does your church’s groups ministry compare to the average group ministry? Would you like to know if your church’s Bible study groups are healthy?

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp issued a state of emergency Tuesday for 38 Georgia counties likely to be affected by Hurricane Milton, a massive storm expected to make landfall in west-central Florida on Wednesday night.

HUDSON, Fla. — First Baptist Church of Hudson, like many congregations in Florida, is no stranger to the aftermath of natural disasters. The community is still reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Helene, which left the church’s food pantry campus under eight feet of water.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Fearful Florida residents streamed out of the Tampa Bay region Tuesday ahead of what could be a once-in-a-century direct hit from Hurricane Milton, as crews worked furiously to prevent furniture, appliances and other waterlogged wreckage from the last big storm from becoming deadly projectiles in this one.

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah fired another barrage of rockets into Israel on Tuesday, and the terrorist group’s acting leader vowed to keep up pressure that has forced tens of thousands of Israelis from their homes near the Lebanese border.

THOMSON, Ga. (AP) — The mayor of a small Georgia town has been suspended after he was indicted over allegations that he illegally left a bottle of gin in a ditch for a state prison work crew.

ATLANTA (AP) — The regents who govern Georgia's 26 public universities and colleges voted on Tuesday to ask the NCAA and another college athletic federation to ban transgender women from participating in women's sports.

Summer may be over, but the impact of Vacation Bible Schools held at Georgia Baptist churches will carry far into the future. Krista Staton, the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s kids ministry consultant, reports that this year more than 1,400 children made commitments to Christ at churches large and small across the state.

ATLANTA – Georgia’s high-school seniors posted a record graduation rate of 85.4% this year, up from 84.4% in 2023, the state Department of Education reported Tuesday.

FAIRVIEW, N.C. (BP) – Cane Creek starts as a trickle up in the mountains from Stacy Harris’ home. Garren Creek and Flat Creek are there too. Typically, they create the small, crystal-clear pools trout love and cascading waterfalls that are favorites of Smoky Mountain tourists.

Since the October 7th Hamas attacks on Israel one year ago, Send Relief has been working with Christians and churches in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank to bring hope and help to hurting communities. The generosity of Southern Baptists has provided hot meals and basic food boxes, medical supplies, trauma counseling, and even bomb shelters, impacting more than 22,000 survivors of the war.

As Florida Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers continue to come alongside community residents impacted by Category 4 Hurricane Helene, and with Hurricane Milton now setting its sights on Florida’s west coast, all Florida Baptists are being encouraged to join relief efforts by giving, going and praying.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Lifeway’s Next Gen team equipped Next Gen leaders from across the nation to refocus their ministries. The annual ministry conference—ETCH (Equipping the Church and Home)—took place at Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, Sep. 30–Oct. 2.

Not even two weeks after Hurricane Helene swamped the Florida coastline, Milton has strengthened rapidly into a major hurricane on a path toward the state.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two pioneers of artificial intelligence – John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton – won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionizing the way we work and live but also creates new threats to humanity, one of the winners said.

Do you remember the Huxtable family of days gone by? The dad was a doctor, the mom was an attorney, they had five children, they lived in a large home in New York and there were always more laughs than tears in their household.

In Acts 17, Paul encounters the intelligentsia of the first-century world. Paul’s engagement with the philosophers in Athens would be like addressing the combined faculties of the leading academic universities in England and America.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Hyundai has begun producing electric SUVs in Georgia less than two years after breaking ground on its sprawling, $7.6 billion manufacturing plant west of Savannah. Hyundai's factory in Georgia held an “employee-focused celebration” Thursday as its first EV for commercial sale rolled off the assembly line, Bianca Johnson, spokesperson for Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America, said in a statement provided Monday to The Associated Press.