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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Joni Eareckson Tada offers support of Southern Baptist disability ministry efforts

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. 

Church treasurer turns 100 years old; not retiring yet!

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.

Florida panhandle church grows with focus

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.

Social hostility against religious groups spreading globally, Pew reports 

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.



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