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Do you want a mission field, ripe for the harvest? Look no further than your local emergency room. Of course, it lacks the flair of an overseas trip. But trust me when I say that many of the people... Continue Reading »

LifeWay Christian Resources will use an amusement park theme for its 2013 Vacation Bible School material. ?Colossal Coaster World: Facing Fear, Trusting God? will be built around the Scripture, ?For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness,... Continue Reading »

There are young people who eagerly pay money out of their own pocket for the privilege of spending a week putting a new roof on someone else's house. The work is hard and dirty, the days hot and exhausting.... Continue Reading »

It"s what we were created to do -- work and produce.... Continue Reading »

In just over two months, my wife and I are expecting to be grandparents for the first time. It is a precious time and it can't get here soon enough for us! It seems like just a couple of... Continue Reading »

As a young boy, Cedric Hardimon dreamed of someday playing in the National Basketball Association. Little did he know God would place him in ministry to NBA players. Today, Hardimon, 31, is chaplain for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who... Continue Reading »

In one the most historic meetings in the Southern Baptist Convention"s 167-year history, messengers meeting June 19-20 elected the body"s first African American president and voted to keep the convention"s name while approving a descriptor, "Great Commission Baptists," for... Continue Reading »

Native New Orleanian Fred Luter was elected by acclamation Tuesday, June 19, as president of the Southern Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

Seventy Southern Baptists from 35 state Baptist conventions have been named to serve on the 2012-13 SBC Committee on Nominations.... Continue Reading »

The descriptor "Great Commission Baptists" was debated by messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention and went to a ballot vote after nearly a half-hour discussion June 19 at the SBC annual meeting in New Orleans.... Continue Reading »

Pastors can find hope, protection, encouragement, truth and strength in Jesus Christ and in the Word of God, Pastors" Conference speakers said on the second day of the June 17-18 sessions preceding the SBC annual meeting in New Orleans.... Continue Reading »

Well-versed in living a "fishbowl" experience, Pam Tebow, mother of NFL quarterback Tim Tebow and a former missionary to the Philippines, joined Jeannie Elliff, wife of the International Mission Board"s president, for the Pastors" Wives Conference June 18 prior... Continue Reading »