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WMU hears ways that ‘The Story Lives On’

Stories of faith from behind prison bars, in lives of at-risk youth, through the work of missionaries and church planters nationally and internationally, as well as the dedication of missions-minded women across the nation, affirmed during the WMU Missions... Continue Reading »

Executive Committee approves bylaw changes

The SBC Executive Committee amended its bylaws and elected new officers during its June 18 meeting in New Orleans prior to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

GuideStone to overview child abuse prevention

GuideStone is offering a presentation at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday (June 20) in New Orleans to detail what can be done to lessen the risks of abuse within churches.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: ‘What a Glad Reunion’

Lois Jane Kilgore started life on this earth just on the next ridge from where she ended it. She came and went in the very same bed (when Granny Kilgore died in 1963, mom got the ancient high-poster bed,... Continue Reading »

Fred Luter’s trailblazing life rich with trials, blessings

It challenged me and started making me really consider my relationship with God, to the point that I started reading my Bible every day, on a daily basis, morning and evening," Luter recalls 35 years later.... Continue Reading »

Crossover reaches out to New Orleans, ‘a whole new city’

More than 1,500 Southern Baptist volunteers from 59 New Orleans area churches and many others from across the nation shared the Gospel at Crossover, the evangelistic emphasis preceding the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

Church plants benefit from Crossover 2012

The event was one of 38 block parties hosted by Southern Baptist churches around metro New Orleans during Crossover 2012.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: A Crossover answer to a ‘Macedonian prayer’

During Crossover weekend, my wife Melissa and I connected with Crossroads Community Church in Kenner, La., and interim pastor Dan Panter.... Continue Reading »

WMU celebrates Jesus’ story in New Orleans

"The Story Lives On" -- Woman"s Missionary Union"s 2012-13 theme -- took life through the words of a New Orleans pastor, an International Mission Board missionary and others during the opening session of WMU"s June 17-18 meeting in New... Continue Reading »

Bryant Wright reflects on SBC presidency

Bryant Wright has traveled more than 100,000 miles to 16 states and to 10 countries on three continents since his election as president of the Southern Baptist Convention in June 2010.... Continue Reading »

2012 SBC Annual Meeting Program

2012 SBC Annual Meeting Program... Continue Reading »

Patterson’s Revelation volume gets SBC preview

The long-awaited commentary on Revelation by Paige Patterson for The New American Commentary will be previewed during the Southern Baptist Convention"s June 19-20 annual meeting in New Orleans.... Continue Reading »