Tobin Perry

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – Southern Baptist associational leaders concluded their two-day annual conference on Monday (June 10) with a roundtable discussion from experienced peers and a plenary session led by Mac Lake, CEO of the Multiply Group.

CARMEL, Ind. (BP) – When Jared Barham brought students from his Indianapolis church to the first-ever Crossover Student Rally at Harvest Church in Carmel, Ind., he had big hopes. The associate pastor of youth at Northside Baptist Church in Indianapolis hoped they’d hear the Gospel from a different voice and learn about how to share it with their friends.

NASHVILLE (BP) – On Tuesday (June 4) Southern Baptists’ Abuse Reform and Implementation Task Force (ARITF) released its final report and recommendations ahead of the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis. The recommendations highlight the release of a new curriculum designed to help local churches of all sizes “establish or evaluate their abuse prevention and response plan.”

TAMPA, Fla. (BP) – Chief Warrant Officer Anthony “Tony” Prescott can’t forget the evening of August 7, 2015. At 10:15 p.m., when a Taliban suicide bomber breached the gate of Camp Integrity, a small coalition base near Kabul, Afghanistan, Prescott was among the first on the scene.

NAPLES, Florida (BP) – When Pastor Chris Butler took the helm at North Naples Baptist Church in 2016, he inherited a congregation on the brink of closure, dwindled to just 40 members. Just two weeks into his pastoral tenure, multiple outside ministries came to him and asked whether the church was selling its building.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – "Indianapolis is known for a lot of really cool things, such as the Indianapolis Colts and the Indy 500, but what if it became known as the birthplace of the next Great Awakening for students?"

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – Southern Baptists will once again welcome former Vice President Mike Pence to their annual meeting in June. The onetime Republican governor of Indiana will headline a lunch event sponsored by the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission entitled, "Navigating Faith in the Public Square: A Conversation with Mike Pence” at the convention’s annual meeting on June 11 at 11:30 a.m. in Indianapolis.

BRANFORD, Fla. (BP) -- When Pastor Brett Patterson set a $2,000 Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) goal for Hatch Bend Baptist Church earlier this year, it seemed like a bit of a stretch. That was double the church’s goal from recent years.

LEXINGTON, Ga. (BP) — The last two years have been a whirlwind for Pastor Matt Bartlett and Lexington Baptist Church in Lexington, Ga. At its recent low point, the 176-year-old church had 39 people in attendance, with half being from the pastor’s own family and friends.

CHULA, Mo. (BP) – John Parks’ niece has a name for him – cat of nine lives. To look back at his last decade, one would have to agree.