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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) – Baptisms, worship service attendance and small group participation all grew in 2023 among congregations affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, while the recent decline in total membership among congregations slowed.

It’s morning again in the Southern Baptist Convention. Today, in their communities across the country, members of Southern Baptist Churches will lead at least 622 people to faith in Christ and will celebrate their conversions by baptizing them. Four million people will plan their attendance this weekend at an in-person worship gathering at a Southern Baptist church.

NEW ORLEANS (BP) – The appeal of the dismissal of a civil suit against Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS) and its former president, Paige Patterson, is now involving the Texas Supreme Court.

Beloved SEBTS English professor Adrianne Miles dies; Students, faculty honored at NOBTS.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – The Biden Administration has finalized new rules that could threaten the ability of Sunrise Children’s Services and other faith-based agencies to place Kentucky children in foster care.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) – Two hundred sixty graduates from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Spurgeon College received their degrees on May 3 during the institution’s 75th commencement exercises. President Jason Allen led the ceremony, presenting diplomas to graduates and awarding recognitions to two faculty members.

DALLAS (BP) – For 50 years, W.A. Criswell reigned as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dallas. In a recently published biography, “Criswell: His Life and Times,” O.S. Hawkins aims to acquaint a new generation with this man, whom Hawkins held so dearly he regarded him as a father. The biography, published by B&H […]

Forty-three years ago last month, I began full-time ministry. Looking back, I realize now how many misperceptions I had about ministry then.

WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in its 2024 report urged the U.S. State Department to add 15 nations to the current list of egregious religious freedom violators, and recommended key policy guidance for the Biden administration.