SBC News

2026 SBC Ministry Reports now available; SBC Executive Committee set to meet Feb. 16-17.

Scripture reminds us that those entrusted with responsibility in the Church are not owners, but stewards. The apostle Paul writes that it is required of stewards that they be found faithful (1 Corithians 4:1-2).

TULARE, Calif. (BP) – A Monday morning fire that has rendered the building of Family Baptist Church useless is nonetheless revealing how the congregation is much more than a name.

LAMBERT, Miss. – Drive down 6th Street in Lambert on any given Tuesday morning and you will be guaranteed to receive a sign to pull over and pray.

ARCADIA VALLEY, Mo. (BP) – There is medicine you can’t put in a bottle. It doesn’t require a safety cap or a doctor’s note. It’s widely available, but those who need it most could use some help getting it.

NASHVILLE (BP) – James’ interactions with ChatGPT started innocently. He used it like a search engine at first, then began asking the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot “creative, philosophical and quasi-spiritual” questions, he said. The answers seemed life-like, so the upstate New York resident became convinced ChatGPT was alive – and it had to be freed from its cyber captivity.

MILAN, Italy – Southern Baptists are ready to share the hope of Christ with the nations! As the 2026 Winter Olympic games get under way, International Mission Board missionaries from all over Italy are teaming up with hundreds of U.S. volunteers from South Carolina, South Dakota, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama and Georgia to reach Milan with the Gospel.

GERTRUDE, Okla. (BP) – Rick Boyne was in choir practice on Feb. 8 at Immanuel Southern Baptist Church when the church treasurer pulled him out and said something less than encouraging.

NOBTS Caskey Center reaches 100,000 Gospel conversations milestone; Samuel G. Parkison to join MBTS faculty.

Trial date set in Hunt case; summary judgment possible; Sills case set for trial