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Lake Lure church’s partnerships, faithful obedience transform South Sudan ministry • Biblical Recorder
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (681+ words) LAKE LURE, N.C. — Over the last 12 months, a Rutherford County church of about 130 members has helped plant a church, establish a Bible college and construct a school building in South Sudan. This fall, the church will send a team to dedicate…...
FIRST-PERSON: Sacred ground, sacred duty • Biblical Recorder
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (246+ words) From Ground Zero to Building Zero one truth has remained constant: we will never forget the men and women who perished on Sept. 11, 2001. Their memory calls us to live with courage, compassion, and a renewed commitment to building a better…...
Texas town’s Downtown Bible Class still meeting after 100 years • Biblical Recorder
1+ week, 4+ day ago (586+ words) HILLSBORO, Texas — A citywide Bible class started by a First Baptist pastor a century ago has survived wars, the Great Depression, changes in church participation, a pandemic and more. M.B. Hays, former First Baptist Church of Hillsboro pastor, died in…...
FIRST-PERSON: Why we need the whole church • Biblical Recorder
1+ week, 5+ day ago (564+ words) On any given Sunday, Southern Baptists worship God in more than 100 different languages. Nearly one-fourth of our congregations are predominantly non-Anglo. We are becoming an increasingly diverse convention, and that diversity is one of God’s gifts to us. That diversity…...
Fortify Initiative equips church leaders to protect, even as they build • Biblical Recorder
1+ week, 5+ day ago (759+ words) SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. — The Scripture verse printed on the front of a resource from the Fortify Initiative may not seem the most obvious choice for an effort focused on protecting the vulnerable. One might expect a verse about children or sheep....
FROM THE COLLEGES: 28 baptisms among Carson-Newman, Shorter U football teams • Biblical Recorder
2+ week, 4+ day ago (436+ words) JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — Though temperatures pushed over 90 degrees on Carson-Newman (C-N) University’s campus, it did little to deter an Aug. 19 gathering at historic Mossy Creek. The assembly witnessed a life-changing event for 18 members of C-N’s football team, as each was…...
Georgia church’s mission team takes gospel to streets, campuses in DC • Biblical Recorder
2+ week, 4+ day ago (879+ words) BUFORD, Ga. — A mission team from Everlove Baptist Church of Atlanta returned from Washington, D.C., with a renewed confidence that God can use any believer, anywhere, to share the gospel. The team, made up of nine adults and seven students…...
Smallest, largest churches see strongest discipleship scores, according to Lifeway Research • Biblical Recorder
2+ week, 4+ day ago (954+ words) BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The size and location of a church may reveal more than we realize about the discipleship of its churchgoers. The latest Lifeway Research analysis of State of Discipleship study data finds churchgoers in the smallest and largest congregations,…...
Florida church invests in gospel work, future leaders in Cuba • Biblical Recorder
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1468+ words) CHIPLEY, Fla. — When Pastor Mike Orr returned from Cuba and stood before First Baptist Church Chipley to share what he had witnessed, he presented his congregation with a need. The Baptist seminary in Havana was growing. More students were coming…...
MedAdvance 2026 unites health care professionals to IMB missions • Biblical Recorder
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1264+ words) LUTZ, Fla. — More than 300 health care professionals, students, church leaders, missionaries and volunteers gathered at Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz, Aug. 13-15 for MedAdvance 2026, a conference designed to help believers use their medical skills and professional expertise to advance the gospel…...