More than 400 attendees were encouraged to “Press On” in ministry during the Southern Baptist Convention of Virginia (SBC of Virginia) Annual Homecoming on November 8-9 at The Heights Baptist Church in Colonial Heights, VA. The SBC of Virginia’s yearly…
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- Several Southern Baptist leaders, missionaries and pastors are voicing a unified response to the continuing decline of baptisms across the Southern Baptist Convention: "It's on me." In the face of a steady, 20-year decline, a new…
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- In light of the continuing global expansion of the COVID-19 virus (coronavirus), the International Mission Board's coronavirus task force and senior leadership recommend that mission volunteers from U.S. churches postpone international mission-trip travel through April 30.…
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The International Mission Board (IMB) and the North American Mission Board (NAMB) announced Bryant Wright as the new president of Send Relief on Monday, March 2. Wright was the founding pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in…
EDITOR'S NOTE: Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is Jan. 19, 2020, in the Southern Baptist Convention. NASHVILLE (BP) — Amory's life changed forever when she saw those two blue lines on the pregnancy test. Thinking it was a false positive,…
By Art Toalston MEXICO CITY – It wasn’t that long ago the LifeWay Global team dreamed about ways to resource pastors and other church leaders around the world—those with extremely limited or no access to formal theological training. The vision…
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…
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…
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…