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Pat Robertson backtracks on comments

Television host Pat Robertson said Sept. 26 that comments he made about divorce and Alzheimer's disease were ?misinterpreted.?... Continue Reading »

Study: Gays can change sexual orientation

A major seven-year study published in a mainstream journal is challenging the secular notion that gays and lesbians cannot change their sexual orientation.... Continue Reading »

Turkey quake: survivors ‘need aid fast’

In eastern Turkey, hard-hit by a 7.3-magnitude earthquake Oct. 23, the living are still being pulled from the rubble -- a two-week-old baby, a pregnant mother, a grandmother, according to BBC News.... Continue Reading »

Short-term mission opens doors in India

The team originally had planned to share Christ in another section of Sikkim state, but after the earthquake their plans changed.... Continue Reading »

Quake stirs fear among Hindus, Buddhists

In northeast India, it is commonly believed that the gods were displeased with their worship and sent the earthquake as punishment.... Continue Reading »

Hindu woman in her 70s embraces Christ

Although she and other members of a missions team from The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Ala., prepared spiritually and physically for months, Weber said she never expected to lead someone to Christ.... Continue Reading »

India earthquake redirects Baptist team

Because of the earthquake, several Alabama Baptists were part of more than just a trip to share Christ with the Lepcha and Nepalese people.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Total capitulation & the evangelical surrender of truth

Evangelical Christians are not surprised to find themselves analyzed and criticized within the pages of the secular press.... Continue Reading »

FROM THE STATES: Fla., N.C., Ill. evangelism/missions news

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 outreach, including... Continue Reading »

55,901 SBC congregations by 2020 envisioned by Ezell

>A goal of 55,901 Southern Baptist congregations by the end of 2020 has been set by North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell as part of the Send North America strategy NAMB is implementing in evangelistic church planting.... Continue Reading »

On Mexico border, churches counter violence with prayer

Testimonies from churches along the Mexican border highlight the need for ongoing prayer that God would curb Mexico"s drug violence.... Continue Reading »

7.3 quake in Turkey mobilizes response

Southern Baptist disaster relief specialists are responding in the aftermath of a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Turkey the afternoon of Oct. 23.... Continue Reading »