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Supreme Court declines McRaney case, ending lawsuit against NAMB • Pathway
4+ hour, 36+ min ago (780+ words) February 23, 2026 By Scott Barkley WASHINGTON (BP) " The U.S. Supreme Court declined today to hear a years-long case brought by former Baptist state convention executive director Will McRaney against the North American Mission Board, upholding an appeals court's'decision'to dismiss and essentially closing…...
How should we respond when failure no longer surprises us? • Pathway
11+ hour, 40+ min ago (693+ words) February 23, 2026 By Jeremy Plymale EDITOR'S NOTE: Jeremy Plymale serves as pastor of Cross Haven Church in O'Fallon, Mo. Moral failure among pastors has become tragically familiar. What is perhaps most revealing is not that it continues to happen " Scripture already…...
Pastor sees rural Dry Fork Baptist Church grow by intentional evangelism • Pathway
11+ hour, 55+ min ago (602+ words) February 23, 2026 By Dan Steinbeck NEW BLOOMFIELD " Pastor Matt Goodsell is seeing church growth, and he credits it to intentionally sharing Christ and making disciples. The pastor of Dry Fork Baptist Church in New Bloomfield had been at Dry Fork before…...
Miss. pastor Jonathan Greer to be nominated for SBC Recording Secretary • Pathway
12+ hour, 12+ min ago (494+ words) February 23, 2026 By Brandon Porter MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. (BP) " A Mississippi pastor has become the third known candidate to be nominated for SBC Recording Secretary. Jonathan Greer will be nominated for the office by Alabama pastor Tyler Armstrong at the 2026 SBC…...
NAMB missionaries experience generosity: How the Annie Offering Is more than a gift • Pathway
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (720+ words) ST. LOUIS " Four years after being Annie Armstrong featured missionaries, Michael and Traci Byrd still enjoy reviewing the hundreds of notes they received. "Talk about encouragement," Michael says. "All those cards and letters we got, that's the kind of thing…...
South Carolina AMS Travis Kerns to be nominated for SBC recording secretary • Pathway
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (517+ words) February 20, 2026 By Brandon Porter LOUISVILLE (BP) " Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Denny Burk has announced plans to nominate Travis Kerns, a South Carolina associational mission strategist, for SBC Recording Secretary at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting. "Travis" devoted service at various…...
Major medical group comes out against gender transition for minors • Pathway
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (673+ words) February 19, 2026 By Scott Barkley ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (BP) " The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has issued a statement recommending its members delay gender-reassignment surgeries for patients until the age of 19. The statement'cited adolescents" developing emotional and mental states, juxtaposed with the…...
Texas pastor George Schroeder to be nominated for SBC Recording Secretary • Pathway
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (536+ words) February 19, 2026 By Brandon Porter TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (BP) " Florida pastor Dean Inserra has announced his intention to nominate Texas pastor George Schroeder as SBC Recording Secretary at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting. Schroeder serves as lead pastor at First Baptist Church in…...
Missouri Baptist Historical Commission again offering scholarship for MBC schools • Pathway
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (398+ words) February 19, 2026 By Dan Steinbeck JEFFERSON CITY " Once again, the Missouri Baptist Historical Commission is offering scholarships for next year for student attending one of four Missouri Baptist Convention partner universities. The Historical Commission is offering a $1,000 scholarship to one student…...
SBU announces first Artificial Intelligence (AI) degree • Pathway
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (413+ words) February 18, 2026 By Southwest Baptist University BOLIVAR (SBU) " To better prepare students aspiring to work within the data science field, Southwest Baptist University is excited to announce that its Bachelor of Science in Data Science degree has become the Bachelor of…...