After a weekend of Christmas services earlier this month at First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, North Carolina, at least 75 people contracted COVID-19. The church’s pastor, Steve Scoggins, just finished his tenure as president of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.
PASADENA, Calif. (ABP) – Evangelical supporters of Israel fired back at a September open letter by two Baptist ethicists questioning theological and moral grounds of “Christian Zionism.”
WACO, Texas (ABP) – Baylor University officials say a blogosphere storm over a course listing of “Homosexuality as a Gateway Drug” was blown out of proportion.
Sarah Barnes recalls when she and others went to Tom Nelson, then pastor of First Baptist Church, Jefferson City, back in 1960, and asked about beginning a Bible study class for handicapped children and adults. Now 51 years later, she still teaches the Gordon Barnes
A high school student's vision four years ago and a continued commitment of Smith-Cotton High's National Honor
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By Robert Dilday Virginia Religious Herald FALLS CHURCH, Va.—An eye-opening visit by a Baptist Sunday School class to a Moscow hospital nearly 20 years ago sparked a project that today provides millions of dollars in medical supplies to almost 100 countries around the world.
By Vicki Brown, Word&Way Associate EditorWhat do quilts, cookies and flowers have in common? At Park Baptist Church, Brookfield, those things and a host of others mean more members are caring for their community."Movin' Missions" began three or four years ago after the congregation emerged