Baptist Life

An explosion of tornado activity over the past couple of weeks have left a path of destruction in its wake and it doesn’t appear to be over. more

NASHVILLE (BP) -- Ronnie Floyd called Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee staff members to spiritual, professional and personal discipline Tuesday in Nashville, pledging to give himself fully to his new calling as the SBC EC president and CEO. more

WASHINGTON (BP) - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Tuesday an Indiana law that requires the humane disposal of aborted babies but refused to weigh in on the same state's ban on abortions based solely on ethnicity, sex or disability. more

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (KT) – Several devout members of Gano Baptist Church are taking prayer into their community. more

I had the privilege of going on the first Vision Tour of the KBC to Chicago earlier this month. This tour was set up by Dr. Doug Williams, our KBC Mission Strategist, and Craig Liscom, the Send City Missionary of NAMB in Chicago. As the Blues Brothers of old would say, “we were on a mission from God.” We had the opportunity to visit a variety of church planting sights and to fellowship with five distinctly different church planters. more

NASHVILLE (BP) -- Pastors and church leaders may feel called upon to be experts when it comes to shepherding the marriages in their congregations, but research shows many don't feel up to the task. more

RICHMOND, Va. (KT)—This isn’t your typical WMU ministry project. A small group of volunteers gathers two nights a month in south Richmond, Va., to walk a mile-long strip of the city and minister to prostitutes and others they cross paths with along the way. more

AUSTIN, Texas (BP) -- A religious freedom initiative dubbed the "Save Chick-fil-A bill" jumped its last hurdle in the Texas Legislature last Friday and is headed for Gov. Greg Abbott's expected signature. more

CORBIN, Ky. (KT) – The concept behind the BREAK ministry that allows public school students to be taught the Bible started more than 100 years ago, reached its zenith in the 1950s and has … more

CORBIN, Ky. (KT) - The big blue-and-white bus pulls in front of a public elementary school and children march out to greet them. more