AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (BP) -- Joni and Friends disability ministry founder and CEO Joni Eareckson Tada has offered her ministry’s support in implementing the disability ministry recommendations messengers adopted at the 2026 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting.
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Could it be that Jesus has opened wide a new door of shared ministry and missions for Southern Baptists to walk through together? That’s the question that continues permeating my mind after our time together in Orlando.
Joni Eareckson Tada has been an advocate for those with disabilities since 1979.
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (BP) -- Joni and Friends disability ministry founder and CEO Joni Eareckson Tada has offered her ministry’s support in implementing the disability ministry recommendations messengers adopted at the 2026 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting.
Pastor Greg Foster (left) and music minister William Ricks (right) present Alma Dean Hicks (center) a plaque in recognition of her 65 years as treasurer of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Leakesville on June 7. Photo credit: Maria Teel
LEAKESVILLE, Miss. — One hundred years old last week, Alma Dean Hicks has served as treasurer of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Leakesville for 65 faithful years, and she has no intention of retiring.
The Church on Bayshore in Niceville, Fla., gives more than 20 percent of its receipts to external causes, including 8 percent through the Cooperative Program. Submitted photo
NICEVILLE, Fla. – The Church on Bayshore has grown from 500 in Sunday morning worship to more than 1,300 since James Ross was called as pastor in 2017. The reason for the growth, Ross says, is because the church shifted its focus to young families, and the church’s senior adults have supported that change.
Russia killed a minister and injured at least eight others in a strike April 16 on The House of Gospel Church in Zaporizhzhia. Zaporizhzhia City Council photo
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Hamas attack on Israel and rioting against Ahmadi Muslims in Bangladesh were among rising social hostilities targeting religious groups globally in 2023, Pew Research Center said in releasing its latest numbers in the trend, while Russia’s war on Ukraine elevated such incidents in Europe.
Pastor Greg Foster (left) and music minister William Ricks (right) present Alma Dean Hicks (center) a plaque in recognition of her 65 years as treasurer of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Leakesville on June 7. Photo credit: Maria Teel
LEAKESVILLE, Miss. — One hundred years old last week, Alma Dean Hicks has served as treasurer of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Leakesville for 65 faithful years, and she has no intention of retiring.
