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By Adam Miller JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It’s sometimes easy to forget that missionaries deal with real...

By Tobin Perry CINCINNATI—Michael Clary had hit the end of his rope. The 35-year-old church planter...

By Tobin Perry  NORTH FORK, Va. — Chaplain Parker Thompson can tell you the exact moment—more...

By Tobin Perry SUMTER, S.C. — At first chaplain Charlie Clanton found it difficult to look...

By Laura Sikes STATEN ISLAND – When college students return to Staten Island over Christmas break...

Eric House Like thousands of other Southern Baptist churches, First Baptist Church of Hokes Bluff, Ala.,...

By Laura Sikes LONG ISLAND – Volunteers are the heart of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief ministry...

“The result of the Baptists being here – building the ramp – allowed my soul to...

By Laura Sikes LONG ISLAND — In the picturesque coastal village of Freeport on Long Island,...

By Joe Conway PHILADELPHIA – Some ideas are too good not to share. That’s what Chuck...