Baptist Life

It all began in 1869 when women of the Ladies Aid Society of Walnut Street Baptist Church founded the Louisville Baptist Orphan’s Home on June 30 to embrace the orphans of the Civil War. more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Like most U.S. pastors, Robby Gallaty knows someone who has been affected by opioid abuse. But unlike most pastors, Gallaty has personally suffered through addiction. Twenty years ago this month, Gallaty endured a near-fatal car accident. When he left the hospital, the club-bouncer-turned-church-leader took with him several prescriptions for painkillers. more

“Yours is to be a ministry of light,” President Adam W. Greenway told the 191 bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and certificate graduates at The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s fall commencement ceremony Friday. more

The world is on the move. Millions of people live far from their homes but are able to stay connected with their family through the use of technology. more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) - Rick Reeder, the associational ministry strategist for the Caldwell-Lyon Association, isn’t letting the limitations of the COVID-19 pandemic discourage his ministry to 39 churches in western Kentucky. more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Kentucky Baptist pastors from east to west have been trying to solve the coronavirus riddle. more

SPRINGFIELD, Ky. (KT) – For the past three weeks, churches in the Central Association of Kentucky Baptists – and other faith-based groups – have joined and began spreading prayer one foot at a time. more

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A megachurch that defied a ban on indoor worship designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus was ordered Thursday to immediately halt such services. more

LOUISVILLE Ky. (KT) – Rev. Bryan and Krista Grigg and Macedonia Baptist Church were presented with the inaugural Sunrise Children’s Service “Be the One” Ambassador Award last month. more

When someone says “Independence Day” I automatically think of Will Smith and Bill Pullman in the movie. I don’t often think of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams or John Hancock, even though I should. more