Crossover 25: Southern Baptists mobilizing to engage Dallas with the Gospel
DALLAS (BP) — Organizers of Crossover 25 are urging Southern Baptists nationwide to pray as preparations ramp up for this year’s evangelistic outreach on June 2-8.
Partnership fuels Gospel multiplication in Southern California
REDLANDS, Calif. (BP) — As Nancy prepared to be baptized at Portrait Church in Redlands, she couldn’t get rid of a nagging fear. A young single mom in her 30s battling cancer, one side of her body had recently lost all feeling.
Church planter’s past fuels Gospel mission in Omaha
OMAHA (BP) —Like so many others over the last 2,000 years, Tanner Devereaux couldn’t get over the words of Paul’s letter to the Romans. Sitting in a Missouri prison cell and reviewing a Gospel tract given to him by a friend, Devereaux felt like Paul was writing directly to him.
Southern Baptists hold top two Chaplain roles in U.S. Air Force
WASHINGTON, DC (BP) — In his first week as an active-duty chaplain more than 25 years ago, Chaplain Major General Trent Davis discovered the unique impact of the conversations chaplains are privileged to have.
Southern Baptist circle of partnership helps hurricane-hit region of South Carolina
GADSDEN, Ala. (BP) – News of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in the Carolinas began to spread when a group text message among seven Christian pilots that fly out of the Gadsden, Ala., airport kickstarted a plan to send help to storm survivors.
First Native American U.S. Army chaplain grateful to serve in Vietnam, despite injuries
SHAWNEE, Okla. (BP) – The impact came out of nowhere — but Southern Baptist Chaplain Charles LeClair will never forget it. Suddenly, another truck barreled toward them, slamming into their jeep and sending LeClair hurtling to the ground.
Southern Baptist chief of Air Force chaplains retires after three decades of ministry
OXFORD, Fla. (BP) – As Chaplain Major General Randy Kitchens thinks back over more than 30 years of chaplaincy ministry in the U.S. Air Force, it’s the opportunities he had to share Jesus that stand out.
Better Together: How one Florida association is partnering together for Gospel proclamation
PALATKA, Fla. (BP) — Southern Baptists are better together. That’s not just a slogan for the churches in the St. John’s River Baptist Association (SJRBA) in the St. Augustine and Palatka area of Florida – it’s a reality that’s fueled their shared mission of spreading the Good News about Jesus.
Associational leaders gather at NAMB for training, fellowship
ALPHARETTA, Georgia (BP) – During a time when change seems to be constant for Southern Baptists, associational mission strategists (AMS) from across the United States met to learn more about how to lead through it.
From prison cell to pulpit: Louisiana Baptist pastor named ‘Replanter of the Year’
MARRERO, La. (BP) – When Troy Gause sat in the small, one-person suicide watch cell – with no windows or light from the outside world – at Plaquemines Parish Detention Center, he never could have imagined one day being a pastor of a thriving church.
