Extreme sports second nature to pastor who holds ice mile swimming record
BUTLER, Tenn. (BP) – Pastor Donald Winters is accustomed to the extreme, whether it involves alligators, rattlesnakes or voluntarily risking hypothermia in icy waters every other weekday.
Grief to Grace ministry in Tennessee is outlet for widows of pastors
NEWPORT, Tenn. – Pat Brown thought her ministry was over when Horace Brown, her husband of 37 years, died on Jan. 1, 2021.
Super Bowl human trafficking outreach reunites 15 missing children in NOLA
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Louisiana Baptists, other non-profit organizations, law enforcement agencies and civilians worked together to reunite 15 missing children with their families in the days leading up to last weekend’s Super Bowl LIX in the New Orleans Superdome.
‘No Address’ film to share profits with churches fighting homelessness
SEAFORD, Del. (BP) – Grace Baptist Church Senior Pastor Larry Davis doesn’t believe you can be like Jesus unless you help the poor among us. “Even though He said we’d always have them, He didn’t say not to help them,” Davis said.
FIRST-PERSON: President Trump defends female athletes
On Wednesday (Feb. 5), President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order mandating the end of biological men participating in women’s sports. The order, entitled, “Keeping Men out of Women’s Sports,” reads in part:
Most Americans say God doesn’t care about the Super Bowl
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Judging by the television audience, Americans certainly care about the Super Bowl. Few, however, think God shares their concern.
Trump signs order ending federal support for gender transition of minors
WASHINGTON (BP) – President Donald Trump issued an executive order Tuesday, Jan. 28, stating that “the United States … will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another. …”
The playoff expanded college football’s platform along with the faith of players, coaches
ATLANTA (BP) — As the seconds ticked off the clock in Mercedez-Benz Stadium Monday night, they closed out Ohio State’s ninth national championship as well as the longest college football season ever. Both may also become markers for when the faith of players and coaches reached a new level of prominence.
Pastor recalls Riley Leonard as ‘the most humble kid you’ve ever met’
FAIRHOPE, Alabama (BP) – Ryan Smith remembers the scene after Riley Leonard’s team at Fairhope High School lost a big game against a major rival.
Supreme Court hears oral arguments on law requiring age verification for adult websites
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday (Jan. 15) in a case involving a Texas law requiring adult websites to verify the age of their users.
