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IMB Year in Review: 2025 Shows Missions Is for Everyone

Sending people to the nations is what we do as Southern Baptists. We go to those who have yet to hear the gospel. This year has been filled with stories of how, together, we address lostness as the world’s... Continue Reading »

2025 Baptist Press Staff Favorites

There are few things Southern Baptists love more than evangelism, worship, seminary education and the Cooperative Program. And, as for people, one could argue the top two on that list are Fred Luter and Don Currence. A bit of... Continue Reading »

Top 10 Most Significant Stories of 2025

Southern Baptists looked back 100 years to commemorate the adoption of their unified giving plan and their statement of faith. They looked back 15 years to examine the impact of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. And they are... Continue Reading »

National WMU’s Wisdom-Martin Announces 2027 Retirement Plans

Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director-treasurer of WMU-SBC, announced Dec. 10 that she will retire in January 2027, which will mark 36 years of devoted ministry service. Wisdom-Martin has led WMU-SBC since October 2016. She shared her intention to retire with... Continue Reading »

Send Relief Working with Jamaican Churches for Hurricane Response

Following Hurricane Melissa’s destructive impact on the western portion of Jamaica after the storm’s Oct. 28 landfall, Send Relief disaster response leaders arrived to begin damage assessments and deploy resources this past weekend. “Jamaica has not experienced a storm... Continue Reading »

ACP Analysis Reveals Areas of Decline, Growth in SBC

The average Southern Baptist church is likely an older, small Southern church. If you want to find a growing congregation, however, you might need to look for a new, larger church – or even one in the Northeast. Recent... Continue Reading »

Florida Pastor Willy Rice to Be Nominated for SBC President in Orlando

Florida pastor Willy Rice announced his intentions to be nominated as a candidate for Southern Baptist Convention president at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando. In a video released Oct. 31, Rice said he is allowing the nomination... Continue Reading »

Morris H. Chapman, former EC president, dies

Morris H. Chapman, former pastor, former Southern Baptist Convention president, former SBC Executive Committee president and champion of the Cooperative Program, died Monday, Oct. 20, at age 84. The last SBC Conservative Resurgence president to be opposed by a... Continue Reading »

Housing Now Open for 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando

Nearly 4,000 rooms across more than two dozen hotels are available for booking through the Southern Baptist Convention’s housing office for next year’s SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando. Hotel options include something for every budget and itinerary. And that... Continue Reading »

Akin Announces Retirement from Southeastern Seminary

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary President Daniel L. Akin announced Oct. 14 he will retire from the role at the end of the 2025-2026 school year. His official retirement date is July 31, 2026. Akin, Southeastern’s longest serving president, made... Continue Reading »

Associational Missions Day of Prayer Oct. 19

On Oct. 19, Southern Baptists are called to pray for and recognize the cooperative ministry relationships that predate the SBC itself by 138 years. Five churches from Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware formed the Philadelphia Baptist Association in... Continue Reading »

SBC Leaders Release Statement on Charlie Kirk’s Death

Southern Baptist leaders have released a statement to lament the assassination of Charlie Kirk and call for justice and peace. Kirk, 31, the president of Turning Point USA and a conservative advocate, was assassinated Sept. 10 as he spoke... Continue Reading »