What Will Summer Be Like Without the Usual VBS, Camps and Youth Mission Trips?
Christian professionals and families partner to experiment with innovative approaches to youth formation in a socially distant environment.
‘VeggieTales’ Creator Phil Vischer Releases Viral Video on Race in America
Earlier this month, Phil Vischer — creator of “VeggieTales” and voice of Bob the Tomato in the popular Christian animation series — posted a video that attempts to answer the question: “Why are people so angry?”
Significance of Numbers
A census is not a spiritual matter, but numbers play an important role in church life. Numbers are a bit like a temperature. It is a first line of judgment but not the only one.
Tennessee Newspaper Investigating ‘Horrific’ End of Times Ad
A Tennessee newspaper said Sunday it is investigating what its editor called a “horrific” full-page advertisement from a religious group that predicts a terrorist attack in Nashville next month.
Family, Faith, & Humor Recalled as Babs Baugh Laid to Rest
Barbara Nell “Babs” Baugh as she was laid to rest in Houston, Texas on Saturday (June 20) in a service officiated by Garrett Vickrey, senior pastor at Woodland Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas; Daniel Vestal, former executive coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship; and
Kaylor Preaches at FBC Columbia
Word&Way Editor Brian Kaylor preached Sunday (June 21) at First Baptist Church in Columbia, Missouri. He considered the story of David, a census, and a plague as found in 1 Chronicles 21.
Poor People’s Campaign Stages Massive Online Demonstration
With COVID-19 restrictions preventing an intended in-person rally in Washington D.C., at least a million supporters of the Poor People's Campaign reportedly tuned in Saturday (June 20) to watch a mix of live speeches and pre-recorded clips of liberal religious leaders calling for a "moral
Rethinking White Privilege & How We are Really Blessed
Southern Baptist pastor Alan Cross reflects on controversial comments on slavery by Louie Giglio and says that perhaps it’s time for white American evangelicals to rethink what privilege and blessing mean to us.
This Juneteenth Highlights a Baptist Pastor & George Floyd
On June 19, 1866, Texas freed-persons celebrated the anniversary of the announcement of their freedom — the first Juneteenth holiday. This year, the holiday helps highlight a Baptist pastor & George Floyd.
Juneteenth Gaining Traction Among Southern Baptist Churches
First Baptist Church of Crestmont in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, is among several Southern Baptist congregations celebrating for the first time Juneteenth, or June 19th, the day in 1865 when enslaved black people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free.