Southern Baptist circle of partnership helps hurricane-hit region of South Carolina
GADSDEN, Ala. (BP) – News of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in the Carolinas began to spread when a group text message among seven Christian pilots that fly out of the Gadsden, Ala., airport kickstarted a plan to send help to storm survivors.
First Native American U.S. Army chaplain grateful to serve in Vietnam, despite injuries
SHAWNEE, Okla. (BP) – The impact came out of nowhere — but Southern Baptist Chaplain Charles LeClair will never forget it. Suddenly, another truck barreled toward them, slamming into their jeep and sending LeClair hurtling to the ground.
Southern Baptist chief of Air Force chaplains retires after three decades of ministry
OXFORD, Fla. (BP) – As Chaplain Major General Randy Kitchens thinks back over more than 30 years of chaplaincy ministry in the U.S. Air Force, it’s the opportunities he had to share Jesus that stand out.
Better Together: How one Florida association is partnering together for Gospel proclamation
PALATKA, Fla. (BP) — Southern Baptists are better together. That’s not just a slogan for the churches in the St. John’s River Baptist Association (SJRBA) in the St. Augustine and Palatka area of Florida – it’s a reality that’s fueled their shared mission of spreading the Good News about Jesus.
Associational leaders gather at NAMB for training, fellowship
ALPHARETTA, Georgia (BP) – During a time when change seems to be constant for Southern Baptists, associational mission strategists (AMS) from across the United States met to learn more about how to lead through it.
From prison cell to pulpit: Louisiana Baptist pastor named ‘Replanter of the Year’
MARRERO, La. (BP) – When Troy Gause sat in the small, one-person suicide watch cell – with no windows or light from the outside world – at Plaquemines Parish Detention Center, he never could have imagined one day being a pastor of a thriving church.
Collegiate Week equips, mobilizes Southern Baptist college students
DAVIS, Okla. (BP) – For more than 1,700 college students and collegiate ministry leaders, last week marked a launching point for a school year full of Gospel conversations and ministry on campuses throughout North America and the world.
Law-enforcement chaplains needed on the front lines
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—As the police car headed out of an apartment complex and toward Main Street of a small Tennessee town, Pastor Michael Koontz looked out the window at the Halloween decorations in a small house on the corner.
NAMB luncheon encourages ‘normative-sized’ churches in their mission
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) —Though the title of the luncheon was the NAMB Small Church Pastors’ Luncheon, Mark Clifton called it a misnomer.
Messengers vote to refer sexual abuse reform priorities to SBC Executive Committee
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – On Tuesday afternoon, June 11, messengers to the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis overwhelmingly approved two recommendations brought forward by the SBC Abuse Reform and Implementation Task Force (ARITF).
