Rising-star preacher pleads guilty to molestation

June 4, 2009

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A black preacher once popular in preaching circuits of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) pleaded guilty May 21 to molesting a 15-year-old

28 inmates at Mississippi State Penitentiary earn degrees from New Orleans Seminary

June 4, 2009

In some ways, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary’s extension center graduation May 20 mirrored any other seminary graduation ceremony. The service included singing, prayers, a

Economic climate enables ministry for chaplains

June 4, 2009

Behind the crashing numbers on Wall Street and the failing finances of once-thriving businesses are the stories of people facing pay cuts, unemployment, family worries

Feeding the hungry earns Christians right to share Christ with skeptical society

June 4, 2009

When Christians help hungry people, they earn the right to share the gospel — not only with people in need but also with a skeptical

World without newspapers would hinder missions work, Bridges says

June 4, 2009

Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” High school kids used to memorize that line from Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” In

Alabama Baptists form partnership with Appalachian Regional Ministry

May 28, 2009

Bill Barker, director of Appalachian Regional Ministry (ARM), says Reggie Quimby, director of the office of global missions for the Alabama Baptist State Board of

Baptist Men, RA numbers jump 6 percent in 2008

May 28, 2009

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Although total church membership, Sunday School attendance and the number of baptisms in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) declined in 2008 from

Kentucky convention leader to be 1st VP nominee

May 28, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky pastor John Mark Toby will be nominated for first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention during the June 23–24 annual