Baptist Life

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) - In a world of shifting expectations and polarized opinions, it is no surprise that conflict remains a force of division and frustration within the church. Whether it’s because of change, a difference of opinion, slander or gossip, churches are filled with imperfect people who are going to fuss from time to time. more

Hundreds of thousands of boys sleep on the streets in Kenya. These children are marginalized, beaten, sexually abused and arrested. Many Kenyans regard them as worthless and not to be trusted. Kenyans call these boys “trash eaters.” more

Leaders of the national Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) are executing a plan to send hand-written appeals to 20,000 Southern Baptist churches to encourage every church to give to the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. more

OWENTON, Ky. (BP) – Surrounded by cow pastures and hayfields, South Fork Baptist Church is small enough to fit into a corner of many big-city church sanctuaries. more

It was the hard thing that made Christmas better.  A year many moons ago, we were in crisis.  more

LEBANON, Ky. (KT) – Longtime Kentucky Baptist pastor Dr. Billy Compton was like a lot of others when the coronavirus pandemic started. He was cautious but didn’t believe all that was being said by a news media known for sensationalizing. more

NASHVILLE (BP) – Four hundred years after the Mayflower landed in Plymouth Bay, the Pilgrims’ legacy has fallen on hard times. more

WASHINGTON (BP) – The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to halt enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions in New York state that it says withhold equal treatment from religious groups. more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Todd Robertson, who during a difficult year led positive change in the Kentucky Fellowship of Associational Leaders, was named as the Associational Mission Strategist of the Year. more

IMB missionary Joe Brewster was working with an Indigenous church planter in Peru to help their mission agency become self-supporting. more