Timothy Cockes

The first week of December, I had the opportunity to travel to Poland and Ukraine with a delegation of Christian leaders. We met with members of the Ukrainian Parliament, the Rada, who both thanked Southern Baptists for the way our denomination has come alongside the most vulnerable people in a…

NATIONWIDE – In a convention of generous churches, large congregations aren’t the only ones giving large gifts. In fact, small churches often give more per capita in support of international missions.

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (BP) – Henry Garcia had no desire to leave his native Colombia. The college-educated and seminary-trained Christian leader was responsible over 20 years for more than 30 church plants in Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru, and for the development of most of the pastors serving the ever-multiplying plants.

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (BP) – Henry García no deseaba abandonar su Colombia natal. Este líder cristiano con estudios universitarios y formación en seminarios fue responsable durante más de 20 años de la plantación de más de 30 iglesias en Colombia, Costa Rica y Perú, así como del desarrollo de la mayoría de los pastores que servían a las cada vez más numerosas iglesias.

ARNOLD, Mo. – First Baptist Church of Arnold shared the love and hope of Jesus through the “Lights of Christmas,” now in its fifth year. The presentation combines a live nativity, Scripture, lights and hot cocoa.

KIBERA, Kenya (BP) – Matt Beasley, lead pastor of Severns Valley Baptist Church in Elizabethtown, Ky., conducted global missions the two years he and his wife Valerie were International Mission Board church planters in Prague.

KYIV, Ukraine (BP) – Evangelical benevolent and Gospel work continues in Ukraine in the regions on the frontlines of the war with Russia, with special outreaches underway this Christmastime, a church leader there told Baptist Press.

Christmas is here and it seems like a fitting time for me to share what I have seen and heard over the last six months I have been privileged to serve as president of our Southern Baptist Convention.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – A banner year for church planting in Canada, a third straight increase in baptisms and another record year for giving to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering featured prominently in the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) ministry in 2024.

Christmas Eve is one of the most attended services of the year, giving pastors a unique opportunity to clearly and creatively communicate the Gospel. It’s a special opportunity when guests and regular members come with expectant hearts. Here are seven tips to help your church be known for something impactful: presenting the timeless Gospel message of Jesus in a fresh, memorable way: