Tim Ellsworth

South Asian churches remembered on Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) – It was the last night of a week of FUGE Camps in Mobile, Alabama, and groups were gearing up for Mega Relay – a high-energy relay race that involves everyone at camp and serves as the iconic close to each FUGE Camps session of the summer. As teams gathered to prepare for the race, one group had a different routine than the rest.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) — A year after the launch of a trade school for “second-chair” ministers, Scott Dawson is no less convinced about the need for it and its capability to fundamentally change training options for those looking to become better equipped in in ministry related to students, worship, production, and coming soon, children.

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. – Exactly where Southern Baptists of Texas Disaster Relief teams would deploy in the wake of Hurricane Helene was a mystery on Oct. 3, until a call for assistance in mass feeding came from Send Relief.

CEDARVILLE, Ohio (BP) – The late Warren Wiersbe, a prolific author of more than 170 books, never seemed keen on writing a book with his grandson Dan Jacobsen, as Jacobsen tells it.

If you’ve been paying attention to the news or scrolling through social media, you know our country is in the thick of another intense political season. In my 68 years, I’ve never seen anything quite like it. Tensions are high, conversations turn heated in seconds, and people seem more divided than ever. As Christians, how do we navigate this? How do we engage wisely and still reflect Christ in such a polarized environment?

Many of us are impatient, yet God often tells us to “wait.” The tension that results is sometimes a faith challenge. If God has called you to wait, here are some things you can do in the meantime.

I admit it: sometimes I allow the idol of worry to divert me from the answer to worry

MADISON, Wis. (BP) — A shooting at a Christian school that left three dead, including the shooter, has prompted calls for prayer by local churches.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptists are passionate, committed and invested in the Convention’s Gospel mission, Jeff Iorg has witnessed in his first six months as president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, reinforcing his commitment to the task.