1+ hour, 49+ min ago  (718+ words) ALPHARETTA, Ga. " Georgia Baptists topped the 26, 000 mark in baptisms in 2025, and average worship attendance continued its steady climb, according to this year's Annual Church Profile (ACP) reports. Georgia Baptist churches reported 26, 072 baptisms in 2025, up from 25, 673 the year before, an increase…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (870+ words) SAN DIEGO, Calif. " At least 200 refugee families from at least seven nations in Africa, South and Southeast Asia and the Middle East were welcomed to Colina del Sol Park on April 4 for Agape Myanmar Mission's 10th annual Easter Community Outreach. "The…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (281+ words) WHITNEY, Texas " A major fire Tuesday before Easter destroyed Fort Graham Baptist Church north of Whitney. Images shared on social media and local TV showed the church engulfed in flames, with collapsed walls and charred remains of the worship facility....

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (492+ words) OAK ISLAND, N. C. " Amid the quiet coastal backdrop of Fort Caswell, dozens of North Carolina pastors and their spouses gathered March 9-11 to trade the weight of the pulpit for a period of rest. The biannual Replenish Retreat, sponsored by the Baptist…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (579+ words) CENTRAL NIGERIA (BP) " At least 54 Christians were killed early Easter in Nigeria's Middle Belt, many during worship, with dozens more abducted from Evangelical Church Winning All Souls and other sites, International Christian Concern (ICC) reported. Murders and abductions in several communities…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (333+ words) RIDGECREST, N. C. (BP) " Lifeway Christian Resources" Black Church Leadership and Family Conference returns for a 33rd year July 20-24 to the Ridgecrest Conference Center in Ridgecrest, N. C. Themed "Renewed," based on Colossians 3: 5-11, the conference is designed to enrich leaders and their families with educational,…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (878+ words) NEW CANEY, Texas " July 18, 2020, is a date that still touches Joshua Crutchfield deeply. It was on that day he lost his friend, John Powell, Emmanuel Baptist Church's (EBC) planter and first pastor, who was killed while helping rescue the passengers…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (597+ words) FINLEY, Tenn. (BP) " Former police captain Jamie Reynolds considered himself a "reluctant AMS (Associational Mission Strategist)" when he began serving as an associational mission strategist for the Three Forks Baptist Association a dozen years ago. "I was a reluctant AMS,…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (563+ words) Washington County Sheriff Joel Cochran said the incident began when a deputy attempted a traffic stop at the intersection of Highway 68 and Highway 15 in Tennille. Cochran said the driver initially pulled into the Dollar General parking lot, then quickly re-entered…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (919+ words) LISBON, Portugal " From one archipelago to another, a Portuguese global missionary partner is employing the same church-planting skills in islands separated by thousands of miles. "Because why would I wait?" Portuguese believer Rebeca Couto asked herself this question before deciding…...