2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (331+ words) Designed to help youth ministers and key student leaders reach Generation Z, the 2026 Youth Lead conference will be a day of training and fellowship on Southwest Baptist University's Bolivar campus. This conference will help youth ministers learn how to create…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (765+ words) EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is Part 2 of a four-part series devoted to the role of Baptists in the development of religious liberty in America. Additional pieces will run leading up to the nation's 250th anniversary July 4. See Part 1 here. With few…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (958+ words) Jesus's fourth statement from the cross (Matt 27: 46; Mark 15: 34) is often thought to be His only negative statement of His seven sayings. Frequently called Jesus's "cry of dereliction," it is often described as God the Father turning His back on His…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (480+ words) WASHINGTON (BP) " More than 1. 3 million immigrants are set to lose their legal residency here after the U. S. Supreme Court ruled against Haitians and Syrians seeking an extension of Temporary Protected Status first issued decades ago. As Congress established TPS in 1990 for…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (411+ words) CARACAS, Venezuela (BP) " A lethal pair of earthquakes struck Venezuela late in the evening of Wednesday, June 24. Initial reports indicated that 164 people lost their lives. Hundreds more were injured while others were reported missing. Both quakes registered above 7. 0 on the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (341+ words) For nearly 100 years, the town of Bevier, in north central Missouri, has hosted an annual Homecoming. Located just off US 36 and about 8 miles west of Macon, Bevier is a quintessential Missouri small town. And, like many Missouri small towns, a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (510+ words) EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in a series of excerpts from What Every Christian Should Know About the Return of Jesus, released by High Street Pressand available at Amazon. com. In closing out this series on the return of Jesus,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (207+ words) GLENDALE, Ariz. (Barna/CRC) " A majority of U. S. adults (52%) consider abortion to be a morally acceptable act, while roughly one in four (27%) believe human life is sacred, according to the latest report from the American Worldview Inventory 2026, released by the Cultural…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (509+ words) DZALEKN REFUGEE CAMP, Malawi " Twenty-one Missouri Baptists traveled to the nation of Malawi the last two weeks of May." They were on a mission trip to the Dzalekn Refugee Camp where a Baptist church and a Christian school minister amid…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (270+ words) AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (BP) " Joni and Friends disability ministry founder and CEO Joni Eareckson Tada has offered her ministry's support in implementing the disability ministry recommendations messengers adopted at the 2026 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting. "So, I applaud the SBC…...