Billy Graham joins FBC Spartanburg, S.C.

January 15, 2009

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Evangelist Billy Graham has moved his membership to First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, S.C., the church’s pastor told the congregation Dec. 28. A

Baptist historian Robert Handy dies at 90

January 15, 2009

WEST CALDWELL, N.J. — Robert Handy, who studied under legendary Christian scholars like Paul Tillich before becoming a prominent Baptist historian in his own right,

December CP gifts down 14 percent from 2007

January 15, 2009

NASHVILLE — Contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) for December 2008 totaled $14,067,108.90 — 14.71 percent, or $2,426,627.36, below the $16,493,736.26

Alabama native leads NAMB ministry to New Orleans

January 15, 2009

Linda Middlebrooks, program director at the Rachel Sims Baptist Mission in New Orleans, knows a little bit about storms — and not just the kind

Settlement: Church to use former Wal-Mart

January 8, 2009

CARLINVILLE, Ill. — Carlinville Southern Baptist Church and the city of Carlinville, Ill., have reached a settlement in the church’s nearly year-long fight to use

Southwestern wraps up centennial celebration

January 8, 2009

FORT WORTH, Texas — Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary celebrated the final commencement ceremony of its centennial year Dec. 12 at Travis Avenue Baptist Church, Fort