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2018-19 giving to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® for International Missions totals $156.6 million

By Ann Lovell In the Photo: IMB worker Sally Pepper (left) visits with new mothers in the maternity ward of Kigoma Baptist Hospital in Tanzania. Through meeting the needs of these women, Sally has seen many get back on their…

COOPERATIVE PROGRAM: Sealed for missions

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- As Southern Baptists, we have one thing that unites us. At our core is the passion to take the Gospel of Christ to those who have never heard. We work together toward that common goal. As…

COOPERATIVE PROGRAM: A Missionary’s Gratitude

EDITOR'S NOTE: Paul Chitwood is president of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board. October is Cooperative Program Emphasis month in the Southern Baptist Convention. Learn more about CP at www.sbc.net/cp. RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- As I near the first…

LABOR DAY: More than Summer’s End

Todd Brady is vice president for university ministries and assistant professor of ministry at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. JACKSON, Tenn. (BP) -- We celebrated our nation's 243rd birthday in July, and now we celebrate those who have worked to…

Mandrell elected as LifeWay’s 10th president

ATLANTA— LifeWay Christian Resources trustees unanimously elected Dr. Ben Mandrell as the organization’s 10th president during a special-called meeting June 28 in Atlanta. “I am grateful for the opportunity to lead in such an important season for LifeWay,” Mandrell told…

MEMORIAL DAY: Patriotic & Spiritual Parallels

John D. Laing teaches systematic theology, philosophy and chaplaincy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also a colonel in the United States Army Reserves, serving as the senior chaplain for the Texas Military Department. FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) --…

SBCV Executive Board Meeting

National leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention invested time with pastors and lay leaders during the May meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention of Virginia (SBC of Virginia or SBCV) Executive Board. The SBC of Virginia reviewed some of the…

Mother’s Day: A permanent exhortation

FORT TOTTEN, N.D. (BP) -- "What is on your shirt?" "Um, permanent marker." Every mother hates those words from the lips of her small child. Not only does she see the evidence as it appears on the offender, she also…

Mother’s Day: Priorities and joys

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) -- As a mom of three kids under the age of 6, I shift from day to day -- thinking I can conquer the world (like when I actually get all three kids dressed and in the car…

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