BAINBRIDGE, Ga. – Georgia Baptists in the southwestern part of the state have shown their love for babies in a recently completed baby bottle campaign. They raised $10,000 to provide bottles and other needed items to help young mothers who choose to give birth rather than seek abortions. “It gives us an opportunity and an […]
Felix P. Ruiz, president of Nicaragua Baptist Convention, left, and a Nicaraguan pastor speak at a summit in Central America. By Samuel Ayala, Missions Consultant for South Georgia Recently Georgia Baptist Convention president Kevin Williams and I had opportunity to participate in an historic meeting between key Baptist leaders of Central America. Birthed out of […]
International missionaries Edward Abiel Stevens and his wife Elizabeth Lincoln Haven Stevens. By Charles Jones . . . present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. (Romans 12:1) It was called a “living funeral,” a rare occurrence not to be easily forgotten. People had gathered on the docks at […]
Pastor Jason Dees preaches at Christ Covenant Church in Atlanta. The four-year-old church plant is running 800 people in attendance. (Photo/Christ Covenant) ‘Christ Covenant could possibly be God’s unique work unlike any other’ By Roger Alford ATLANTA – When Jason Dees first began to feel God’s call to plant a church in Atlanta, he was […]
A Clarkston International Bible Church staff member leads NOBTS students in 3 Circles Evangelism training. By Timothy Cockes CLARKSTON, Ga. (BP) – Students from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary are just one of the latest groups to learn about refugee ministry while visiting a small town known for its diverse population. Clarkston, a small town […]
Tommy Fountain Sr. says Russell Moore’s claim about a Georgia task force is false. By Roger Alford DULUTH, Ga. – A claim in Russell Moore’s now infamous letter describing why he resigned as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has left Georgia Baptists bewildered. Moore said in the letter that […]
Javier Chavez, pastor of Amistad Cristiana in Gainesville, visiting professor of global mission at Truett McConnell University and nominee for second vice president of the SBC, speaks at Truett-McConnell Missions Day. By J. Gerald Harris GAINESVILLE – In a recent meeting at Air Line Baptist Church the statement was made, “Southern Baptists need the Latinos […]
Pastor Terry Rainwater is shown here speaking to fans at a Lagrange Championship Wrestling event. (Photo/Lagrange Championship Wrestling) By J. Gerald Harris HOGANSVILLE – Terry Rainwater will never be judged as the one talent man in Matthew 25:14-30. He is a multi-talented man who wears many hats. He is a husband, father, grandfather, preacher, pastor […]
By Mike Griffin One of the seven leading areas Georgia Baptists lobbied on at the state Capitol this year was child protection policy. There were five primary pieces of legislation that we were concerned about. (See video on Child Protection Legislation: https://vimeo.com/555669003) Two of those important bills had to do with legislation to close the […]
Suraj Rana uses an oxygen concentrator supplied by Georgia Baptists to help him breathe. Rana fully recovered. (Photo/Good News Centre) By Roger Alford DULUTH, Ga. – Heartbreaking images from India show human suffering on a scale beyond anything most people have ever seen as the COVID pandemic races through a nation of 1.3 billion people. […]
The story of First Baptist Church in Duluth, Ga., is truly an amazing one as told last week by The Christian Index’s editor, Roger Alford. More than a decade ago, the church examined itself and realized it looked very little like the community it serves. The congregation was 97 percent Anglo. But the community had […]
Doug and Greta McCart are praising the Lord for seeing them safely through a tornado with winds estimated at 175 mph. By Roger Alford NEWNAN, Ga. – Pastor Doug McCart, who survived a potentially deadly EF-4 tornado while sitting at the foot of a cross with his wife Greta in late March, is still finding […]