Sometimes research can surprise you with its results. Other times it doesn't. In a recent survey , LifeWay Research asked 2,000 Protestant and nondenominational churchgoing adults questions related …

Brewton-Parker College's women's wrestling team and Coach Brittney Gadd, top right, began their second season and first in the Mid-South Conference hosting the school's first-ever duel. JOSE …

By Sue Ella Deadwyler Today, I have a question: Do you want freedom to worship or freedom of religion?   If you said “freedom to worship,” you might be surprised that …

In Soviet-era Siberia, 30 new Christians walk resolutely down a hill to be baptized in a river. "I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back" were more than words for them. RUTLEDGE FAMILY …

Keith Moore doesn’t intend to let the culture dampen his enthusiasm for reaching the lost. DOGWOOD CHURCH/Special[/caption] TYRONE – While baptisms have been declining precipitously in Southern …

Bill Hybels preaches during a worship service of 25,000-member at the Chicago church. WCCW/Special Bill Hybels has been one of the most well-known and influential pastors in America for at least …

Christian Burdette, one of High Falls' most loved young men, was saved and baptized just weeks before his tragic death. BURDETTE FAMILY/Special MONROE COUNTY – Many older people think of death …

Retiring NAMB Missionary Bill Barker, who oversees the Appalachian Regional Ministries and the annual backpacks collection, poses with some of the 33,831 backpacks which Georgia Baptists brought to …

Only a month remains for churches to assemble and deliver their backpacks to the Georgia Baptist Convention annual meeting on Nov. 13-14. Several regional collection sites are also available. FORT …

Willow Creek Executive Pastor Heather Larson step into the role as lead pastor while Teaching Pastor Steve Carter will serve as Lead Teaching Pastor at the Chicago mega-church. WCCC/Special CHICAGO, …

The Hammond family – Karley, Katie, Kerri, and Thomas – get together for a photo, Thanksgiving 2016. HAMMOND FAMILY/Special[/caption] The Christian Index has typically provided to our readers a …

1 Kings 3:3-14; 4:29-34 Tim Riordan, pastor SonRise Baptist Church, Newnan Inventor Buckminster Fuller created the Knowledge Doubling Curve where he determined that until 1900, human …

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Thom Rainer By Thom Rainer Many pastors and church leaders are miserable because of fewer than five percent of the church members. Let me state if positively. Over 95 percent of church members are …

Sheldon Younes, left, and Pastor Chris Parkin stand in the yard of a North Georgia resident who needed help after a tree fell in her yard. AUBURN FIRST BAPTIST/Special AUBURN – The Little Engine …

Danielle and David Flannery pray, surrounded by supporters, as they celebrate their appointment as Southern Baptist missionaries on Sept. 13 in Ridgecrest, NC. The Flannerys are sent by Mountain View …

In this file photo from shortly before he was elected IMB president in August 2014, David Platt interacts with schoolchildren in Indonesia. Platt, then 36, has had a tumultuous three-year presidency …

I have just returned from the fall meeting of the Gateway Seminary Board. Our meeting was in Denver, CO, where one of our Gateway Seminary campuses is located. Dr. Jeff Iorg serves as president at …

The Smith House, as known by First Baptist Chickamauga members, sits adjacent to the church in North Georgia, a short drive from numerous attractions in Chattanooga. GOOGLE MAPS CHICKAMAUGA — …

In the September 26, 2017 meeting of the Executive Committee, a motion was approved to recommend to the Convention that it amend Article VI of the Constitution of the Baptist Convention of the State …

This image captureed by the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite shows smoke from wildfires over northern California on Oct. 9. Since then, Southern Baptist churches have joined the response effort, …

By Wendy Baker FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) — For many ministers, wives, and their families, Pastor Appreciation Month is a joyful time each October. Yet for those in churches that have not caught on to …

I AM OFFENDED by so many people being offended! We throw the word “offended” around so much these days that we have obfuscated its meaning. Some take “offense” with flags and …

I am not sure I know the difference between an aphorism and a colloquialism, but I like idiomatic or metaphorical sayings that belong to a region or a local dialect. Our American, and particularly …

Steve Franz is a Georgia Baptist evangelist who has developed a Church Growth Strategy called, “Targeted Evangelism and Discipleship.” He has a Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Ministry and a Master …