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KIBERA, Kenya (BP) – Matt Beasley, lead pastor of Severns Valley Baptist Church in Elizabethtown, Ky., conducted global missions the two years he and his wife Valerie were International Mission Board church planters in Prague.

ARNOLD, Mo. – First Baptist Church of Arnold shared the love and hope of Jesus through the “Lights of Christmas,” now in its fifth year. The presentation combines a live nativity, Scripture, lights and hot cocoa.

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (BP) – Henry Garcia had no desire to leave his native Colombia. The college-educated and seminary-trained Christian leader was responsible over 20 years for more than 30 church plants in Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru, and for the development of most of the pastors serving the ever-multiplying plants.

NATIONWIDE – In a convention of generous churches, large congregations aren’t the only ones giving large gifts. In fact, small churches often give more per capita in support of international missions. Bend Southern Baptist Church in Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, where Bob Rose is pastor, gave $3,000 to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering in 2023, for […]

Many may feel a deep interest in wars, battles and fighting. But there is another warfare of far greater importance than any war that was ever waged by man. It is a warfare which concerns not two or three nations only, but every Christian man and woman in the world. I speak of spiritual warfare, the fight which everyone who would be saved must fight regarding his soul.

NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) is applauding a Dec. 18 Senate vote passing the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes several noteworthy wins for Southern Baptists.

COMMANCHE, Okla. (BP) — First Baptist Church has taken advantage of its central location for the last six years to take visitors far away from its town (population 1,400) without actually leaving southern Oklahoma.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (BP) – For more than 30 years, East Cooper Baptist Church has remained committed to missions locally and internationally. Members’ commitment includes getting the Gospel to unreached people groups by supporting IMB missionaries.

ARCADIA, Fla. – In a town known for its hardworking agricultural community, rodeos, airboat rides and other adventures, a pastor in DeSoto County has become known as the “disaster pastor,” with the innate ability to weather a storm and to walk right beside his church and community through it.

SHELBYVILLE, Ky. – In a creative blend of fun and faith, First Baptist Church of Shelbyville hosted a nine-hole mini-golf course to share the story of Jesus’ birth. Designed to engage the entire community, the event is both an opportunity for family fun and an introduction to the true meaning of Christmas.