BGR ministers to Africa on World AIDS Day
December 1, 2014
Rosemary opened up the five-gallon plastic bucket and pulled out gifts, including a set of new bed sheets. She clutched them to her chest. Her
2 state conventions elect first black president
November 27, 2014
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Baptist Convention elected its first African-American president Nov. 11, three weeks after the Nevada Baptist Convention did the same. Michael Ellis,
ERLC, SBTC partner to bolster marriage ministry
November 27, 2014
NASHVILLE — The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) received a financial gift of $250,000 from the Southern Baptists
Church leaders learn about orphan care ministries
November 27, 2014
Imagine the impact on the state’s foster care system if every Alabama Baptist church had at least one foster family in its congregation. That’s around
IMB missionaries from Florida minister to voodoo believers in Dominican Republic
November 27, 2014
Lily was scared for her life but she didn’t know why. It should have been a happy time, a momentous occasion. The 25-year-old had been
Wealth gap ‘tool of separation,’ black preacher says
November 27, 2014
Campbellsville, Ky. — Economic inequality is a “tool of separation” that continues to divide races in America 150 years after slavery, an African-American Baptist leader
October CP over budget projection
November 13, 2014
Contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee (EC) in October were 17.69 percent
SBC leaders challenge pastors-in-training
November 13, 2014
In an Oct. 30 “Prayer Summit for Spiritual Awakening” at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS), three Southern Baptist leaders challenged pastors-in-training to seek a
