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2026 Pastors’ Conference to Feature Micro-Conferences

The 2026 SBC Pastors’ Conference aims to feature events for every member of a church leadership team. Conference President Aaron Burgner provided details in a video released Tuesday. “We want everyone to come and be part of this time... Continue Reading »

Every member matters in the goal of ministry

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from “Every Member Matters” by Matthew Capps and Josh Wredberg, releasing Sept. 2, 2025, from B&H Publishing Group. “To equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body... Continue Reading »

Religious Liberty ‘the Best Blessing’ America Has, Baptist Immigrants Say

For distributing the Bible and sharing the gospel in the Soviet Union, Aleksei Kharlamov’s great-grandfather was sent to Siberia and never heard from again. His grandfather and father both were persecuted for being Baptist pastors. Growing up in post-Soviet... Continue Reading »

‘Stand Together’ for the Sake of Reaching Nations, Chitwood Tells SBC Messengers

International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood encouraged all Southern Baptists to recognize their role in missions during the IMB report at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas. Chitwood delivered the report to messengers near the conclusion of... Continue Reading »

2025 Committee on Nominations Report Released

The SBC Committee on Nominations has released its 2025 report in advance of the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting to be held June 10-11. Per SBC bylaws, the report is to be released through Baptist Press no later than 45... Continue Reading »

Two South Carolinians Named to SBC Registration Committee

SBC President Clint Pressley announced Friday, March 21, that Jonathan Coleman will chair the Registration Committee for the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas in June. Coleman, pastor of Harvey Baptist Church in Stephenville, Texas, was a member of... Continue Reading »

Georgia Church Uses Tiny Houses to Build Neighborhood of Hope

Across the street from Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Bowman stand five tiny houses filled with stories of heartache and tragedy. Pleasant Grove hopes to use the buildings to turn them into stories of hope and recovery. Eleven years... Continue Reading »

Jim Shaddix, ‘Champion of Prayer and Expository Preaching,’ Dies at 64

Jim Shaddix, longtime seminary professor, pastor and ministry leader, died after a yearlong battle with brain cancer Feb. 1. He was 64. Shaddix had been a preaching professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary for 12 years. Prior to that,... Continue Reading »

Horton Previews SBC Pastors’ Conference in Interview Series

D.J. Horton, senior pastor of Church at The Mill, Moore, S.C., and president of the 2025 SBC Pastors’ Conference, launched a new interview series Monday, Jan. 20, with those involved in this year’s conference. Horton was joined by SBC... Continue Reading »

Arkansas ladies’ chainsaw team cuts new path 

By Mary Alford Six ladies from the Russellville, Ark., area recently donned yellow shirts, chaps and other safety equipment, picked up chainsaws and went to work in Valdosta, Ga. “There’s nothing like it in the country,” Arkansas Baptist Disaster... Continue Reading »

Nov. 10 a special day to focus on widows, orphans

Southern Baptists have set aside Sunday, Nov. 10, to focus on caring for widows and orphans. Based on James 1:27, “Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress... Continue Reading »

Lostness impacted by largest Annie Armstrong, Lottie Moon offerings in SBC history

By IMB and NAMB staff Generosity among Southern Baptists remains strong as evidenced by the most recent Annie Armstrong Easter Offering and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering totals. When the books closed on the SBC’s 2023-24 fiscal year Sept. 30,... Continue Reading »