Plenty of chances for SBC25 messengers to celebrate CP’s 100th birthday
DALLAS (BP) – As early as 1884, Southern Baptist mission leaders sensed a need for something other than “spasmodic” giving to fund denominational work at home and abroad.
State of the Bible shows U.S. outlier in biblical reverence in ‘secular west’
PHILADELPHIA (BP) – From a global vantage point unique to its study of the Bible’s impact on U.S. adults, the American Bible Society (ABS) said Americans revere Scripture, faith and church more than others in a geographical cluster described as the “secular west.”
GriefShare’s on-demand ‘Remembering Mom’ consoles on Mother’s Day, beyond
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) – Many of the 30.8 percent of Americans whose mothers have died, as the U.S. Census Bureau counted in 2021, experienced the loss when they were not ready to process the pain.
Scavenger hunt, entity offerings, other ministries on tap in SBC 2025 Exhibit Hall
DALLAS (BP) – Registration bag in hand, walking shoes on, mind regulated for all things spiritual in the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting Exhibit Hall, 250,000 square feet with more than 250 exhibitors.
‘A Faith Under Siege’ documents Russia’s persecution of Christians in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (BP) – Christian faith threatens Russian President Vladimir Putin because it is out of his control. As such, his war on Ukraine has centered on the systematic persecution of Christians, their families and their churches.
National African American Fellowship continues five-year Vision 2030
DALLAS (BP) – Predominantly African American Southern Baptist churches are focused on Vision 2030, a five-year initiative to increase participation in global missions, Cooperative Program giving and church planting among other core goals.
In her 70s, she became chaplain after earning first doctorate, embarks on second
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Stephanie Friend, who began a new career in chaplaincy after earning her Doctor of Ministry just shy of her 72nd birthday in 2021, doesn’t see life in numbers, but in seasons ordered by God.
International missionaries face new restrictions spreading Gospel in China
BEIJING (BP) – The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) enacted new restrictions on foreign missionaries there May 1, preventing them from preaching, evangelizing and establishing various religious organizations among other activities without official government approval.
SCOTUS considers nation’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school
WASHINGTON (BP) – Whether taxpayers should be forced to fund religious charter schools came before the U.S. Supreme Court today (April 30) in the first case of its kind.
Families, friends of fallen share hearts on Israel Memorial Day as war continues
SUFA, Israel (BP) – Why was Segev Schwartz the only casualty in his battalion of 30 Israeli soldiers when a terrorist tossed a hand grenade in a cafeteria on Sufa Outpost Oct. 7, 2023? That was his mother Sara’s question.
