Timothy Cockes

Oklahoma Baptist DR responds to severe storms; Texans on Mission monitoring Hill Country flooding.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – An ER physician in a Lexington hospital who is a member of Ashland Avenue Baptist Church has set a Guinness World Record by running the fastest mile while dribbling two basketballs.

FORT WORTH, Texas – About a decade after a short-term mission team from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary led him to Christ, Texas Baptist College student Bosco Soajoro now looks forward to completing his studies and returning to his home country of Madagascar to bring the Gospel and theological training to…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Lifeline Children’s Services, a Christian adoption agency, held its 2026 Indian Family Reunion at North Shelby Baptist Church in Birmingham to allow families to immerse themselves in their adopted child or children’s culture and to connect with others who have similar adoption stories.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. – On Tuesday, August 18, Southeastern Seminary and Judson College welcomed faculty, staff, and students to campus for the fall convocation chapel, celebrating the start of the new school year. The ceremony also marked President Scott Pace’s first public address to students since taking office August 1.

Psalm 139 Project places ultrasound machine in Michigan; Lifeway presents Alistair Begg with Christian Book Award for Bible Study of the Year.

Recently I went to children’s camp with my 9-year-old grandson, at his request. The week began with his backpack landing on the street. As a result, a smashed juice container soaked his Bible inside the bag. I let him borrow my Bible the rest of the week while his sticky Bible, that smelled like apple juice, dried.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College are mourning the death of Benjamin Speidel, an incoming student at Spurgeon College.

WASHINGTON (BP) – When Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) trustees named Grace Jin Drexel the recipient of the John Leland Religious Liberty Award, her father, Pastor Ezra Jin Mingra, was imprisoned in China for his faith.

BEULAH, Colo. – Four floods have ravaged the fire-blackened Beulah Valley since last month’s 102,004-acre Aspen Acres fire, which even now is but 72 percent contained. The worst flooding came Sunday (Aug. 16), Pastor Issac Cowger said, when the gurgling Squirrel Creek turned into a rampaging river.