Baptist Life

WASHINGTON (BP) -- The U.S. is among 33 top countries fighting human trafficking but falls short in prosecuting traffickers, aiding victims and tackling forced labor in particular, the U.S. State Department said in its latest report. more

Generation Z is spiritually illiterate and many are abandoning the church. However, Kentucky Baptist campus minsters, and others like them, are stepping into the literacy gap to engage college students with the gospel, disciple Gen Z believers, and equip young leaders to minister to their peers. more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Christian television station WBNA TV 21 and radio station 88.5 WJIE are making airwaves available to carry Louisville area church services on Sunday mornings at no charge during the coronavirus outbreak. more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) - A longtime Kentucky Baptist leader is now in the presence of the Lord he championed faithfully. David Marlow, who served as director of missions at the Owen and Ten Mile Associations for 19 years, died on Monday in Lexington. He was 73. more

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting drew 8,183 messengers to Birmingham, Ala., including 480 from Kentucky, outgoing SBC registration secretary Don Currence said in releasing the unofficial total. more

PLANO, Texas (BP) -- First Liberty Institute has joined a lawsuit for public records involved in Chick-fil-A's ban from the San Antonio airport for supporting religious groups. more

MIAMI (BP) -- Fire alarms began sounding in the three-story Le Club Apartments in South Miami on Wednesday night, Dec. 11, while church planter John Michael Gibson and his wife Brittany were settled in their second-floor apartment. more

RIDGEFIELD, Wash. (BP) -- Since a Washington state school district closed its doors to external groups because of the coronavirus (COVID-19), a thriving Southern Baptist church plant of 100 has no place to worship. Instead, the church will livestream its sermon on Facebook for small groups to view in homes. more

PRINCETON, Ky. (KT) – Most mornings in Kay’s Kitchens, the griddle is hot and the bacon is sizzling as the most mouth-watering breakfast you’ve ever tasted is being masterfully assembled. more

PADUCAH, Ky. (KT) – Clay Hall wasn’t looking for any signs about becoming the pastor Oak Grove Baptist Church. But God provided one anyway. more