Retired pastor John F. Meadows dies Sept. 10

September 17, 2021

John F. Meadows — who retired in April from the pastorate of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Salem — died Sept. 10. He was 79. A

Heroes of the Faith: 2021 marks 1500th birthday of Irish abbot, evangelist Columba

September 17, 2021

Columba (521–597), an abbot and missionary evangelist, studied under prominent monastic teachers in Ireland and founded several monasteries there. He is known for spreading Christianity

Washington Association director of missions Larry Thompson dies

September 16, 2021

Larry Thompson, director of missions for Washington Baptist Association, died Sept. 12. He was 71. A native of Fredericktown, Ohio, Thompson earned a bachelor’s degree

Someone You Should Know — Shirley Crowder

September 14, 2021

The daughter of Foreign Mission Board (now International Mission Board) missionaries, Shirley Crowder spent her first nine years in Nigeria. She learned from her parents,

Founder of South Korea’s biggest church, Cho Yong-gi, dies

September 14, 2021

The Rev. Cho Yong-gi, whose founding of South Korea’s biggest church was a symbol of the postwar growth of Christianity in the country before that

Mike Foreman selected to lead Marshall Baptist Association

September 14, 2021

Mike Foreman is the new associational mission strategist for the Marshall Baptist Association. Foreman previously served 13 years as pastor of First Baptist Church Level

State Board’s Rogers celebrates milestone with Baptist Communicators Association

September 13, 2021

As Doug Rogers — current president of the Baptist Communicators Association — works on the organization’s fall forum that starts Sept. 16, he’s also celebrating