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Poll: Many pastors feel lonely, discouraged

Published on October 21, 2011

Though almost all pastors feel privileged to be in ministry, a majority also experience loneliness and discouragement.... Continue Reading »

No church buildings left in Afghanistan

Published on October 21, 2011

Not one Christian church building is left standing in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. State Department.... Continue Reading »

NAMB commissions 67 new missionaries

Published on October 20, 2011

Bryant Wright, Southern Baptist Convention president, and Larry Wynn, NAMB vice president for evangelism, charged the 67 new missionaries and others gathered at the church to be obedient to God"s call.... Continue Reading »

WEEK OF PRAYER: Gypsies in Macedonia find roots in Christ

Published on October 20, 2011

Roma gypsies -- about 200,000 strong in Macedonia -- tend to be a castoff people in every European country they alight in.... Continue Reading »

Gypsies becoming ‘more open’ to Gospel

Published on October 20, 2011

EDITOR’S NOTE: This year’s Week of Prayer for International Missions in the Southern Baptist Convention will be Dec. 4-11 with the theme of “His heart, His hands, His voice — I am Southern Baptist missions” from Acts 1:8. Each... Continue Reading »

Missionary answered the call at age 70

Published on October 20, 2011

Smock, one of the oldest International Mission Board missionaries at age 78, was born to a Macedonian couple living in the United States.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Yes, son, we are rich

Published on October 20, 2011

Money and wealth are not the same.... Continue Reading »

LifeWay to simulcast ‘Secret Church’

Published on October 19, 2011

Secret Church events include six hours of in-depth Bible teaching and prayer for the persecuted church led by Platt, pastor of The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Ala., and author of The New York Times bestseller Radical.... Continue Reading »

TRUSTEES: NOBTS approves new housing

Published on October 19, 2011

Trustees at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary approved a new student housing project and voted to relocate the school"s South Georgia Extension center during an Oct. 12 meeting.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Keep God in the driver’s seat

Published on October 19, 2011

Here are the truths we should be learning and affirming daily to keep us from becoming backseat drivers to God on the days life gets dangerous: Remember Who"s been driving the longest.... Continue Reading »

FROM THE STATES: Ark., Calif., Ala. evangelism/missions news

Published on October 19, 2011

EDITOR"S NOTE: From the States, published each Tuesday by Baptist Press, relays news and feature stories from state Baptist papers and other publications on initiatives by Baptist churches, associations and state conventions in evangelism, church planting and Great Commission... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Is Mormonism Christian?

Published on October 19, 2011

Dr. Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church of Dallas touched a very sensitive nerve when he referred to the Mormon church and faith as a cult. People have raised the issue and the... Continue Reading »