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MIAMI – Ken Whitten, recently retired pastor of Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa, Fla., will become...

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Dozens of pastors came together January 24-25 for a two-day coaching session through...

NASHVILLE (BP) — Shane Pruitt’s background in observing students is tough to top. Last year alone,...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) volunteer Jason Yarbrough kicked off his first year as state...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Hundreds of Southern Baptist student ministry leaders came together in the Chattanooga Convention...

SPRING HILL, Kan. (BP) — Jay Sloan had a calling so clear, it bugged him into...

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Kevin and Casey Kilgore had what most would consider normal lives. Kevin had...

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Today, NAMB President Kevin Ezell shared the following email with NAMB and Send Network...

ALPHARETTA, Ga.—Between the brutal war in Ukraine, an alarming global hunger crisis and another year of...

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Southern Baptists and the North American Mission Board (NAMB) had a record-setting church...

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – The Son of God took on flesh and was born in a manger....

MORGANTOWN, Kentucky (BP) – It was early in his pastoral ministry, Randy Burns said, that he...