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Armenia, a small country around the size of Maryland located just north of the Middle East – surrounded by Muslim countries to the east (Azerbaijan), west (Türkiye) and south (Iran) – adopted Christianity as a people in 301 A.D., making it the first Christian nation in the world. Last week, April 24,  marked the day that Armenians across the globe commemorated the Armenian Genocide, where in 1915, between 600,000 to 1.5 million Armenians were murdered in Ottoman Turkey.

Smith inaugurated as 6th president of University of Mobile; Spurgeon College announces Christian education degree programs.

I was sitting in church on Easter morning, my second Easter since my beloved wife of 35 years, Kay, passed away from pancreatic cancer almost two years ago. I was thinking of the hope I continue to find in Christ since her passing.

NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Stephanie Friend, who began a new career in chaplaincy after earning her Doctor of Ministry just shy of her 72nd birthday in 2021, doesn’t see life in numbers, but in seasons ordered by God.

HOUSTON (BP) – A lawsuit alleges Second Baptist Church in Houston unlawfully changed its governing documents to eliminate the congregation’s power to vote on virtually everything, including budgets and the selection of a senior pastor.

FORT WORTH, Texas – Graduates of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College (TBC) were challenged to minister in light of the fact that enthroned Jesus is “reigning over the universe” and their own lives and ministries, during the May 2 spring commencement address by Richard Ross, senior professor of student ministry and two-time alumnus (’74, ’80).

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Spurgeon College celebrated the graduation of 298 students during the instituition’s 77th commencement exercises on May 2.

WASHINGTON D.C. (BP) – Southern Baptists joined others across the country for National Day of Prayer events May 2, with the theme based on Romans 15:14, “Pour out to the God of hope and be filled.”

BEIJING (BP) – The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) enacted new restrictions on foreign missionaries there May 1, preventing them from preaching, evangelizing and establishing various religious organizations among other activities without official government approval.

RICHMOND, Va. – Together, the newest group of emeriti who gathered at International Mission Board’s annual Celebration of Emeriti near Richmond April 27-May 1, represent 1,818 years of service. They didn’t reach that milestone alone.