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As a result of a sermon and personal appeal by David Self, executive pastor at Houston"s First Baptist Church, $175,000 has been contributed by the church"s members to the North American Mission Board"s (NAMB) disaster relief effort.... Continue Reading »

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 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 »

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 »

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 »

Retired Southern Baptist missionary Boyd A. O"Neal, who served nearly 50 years in global missions, has died in McKinney, Texas, after suffering a series of strokes.... Continue Reading »

BP Ledger carries items for reader information each week from various Southern Baptist-related entities, and news releases of interest from other sources.... Continue Reading »

College doesn"t have to be a roadblock to Christian growth or the end of faith itself; in fact, many non-Christian students first meet Jesus Christ during their college years.... Continue Reading »

Whereas Assyrian Iraqis are accepted as Christians by ethnic identity, Iraqi Muslims believe Arabs have no business becoming Christians; it is not possible, according to society and the constitution.... Continue Reading »

Eight years ago, mifepristone, "the abortion pill," claimed the life of Holly Patterson, an 18-year-old who received the drug from Planned Parenthood and used it to terminate a pregnancy.... Continue Reading »

For some women, crisis pregnancy centers -- staffed often by church volunteers -- are a haven that provides life-saving support.... Continue Reading »

The church-made film "Courageous" stayed in the Top 10 in total gross during its third weekend and remained strong in per-theater average, despite going against three new films.... Continue Reading »