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Aug 9, 2023 | 
research.lifeway.com | Natalie Sarrett
Churches can continue to show up for food-insecure communities by giving on Global Hunger Sunday and praying for sustainable solutions worldwide. By Natalie SarrettAn estimated 783 million people will go to sleep hungry tonight. From war and global pandemics to natural disasters and overall economic downturn, a number of factors have caused this number to double since 2020.
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Aug 3, 2023 | 
christianindex.org | Natalie Sarrett
By NATALIE SARRETT, Send Relief As the heart of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches, Southern Baptists are intentionally preparing at-risk communities to navigate the perils of natural disasters and their aftermath. In Puerto Rico, many are weary from the past decade of nearly 20 back-to-back tropical storms.
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Aug 1, 2023 | 
texanonline.net | Natalie Sarrett |Scott Barkley
As we enter the Atlantic hurricane season, Southern Baptists are intentionally preparing at-risk communities to navigate the perils of natural disasters and their aftermath. In Puerto Rico, many are weary from the past decade of nearly 20 back-to-back tropical storms. Families hardly have any time to recover from the physical loss and emotional trauma before another storm breaks on their shores.
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Johanna Willett |Natalie Sarrett |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): International Missions, International News, World & PoliticsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (BP) — A woman from New Hampshire who works for a Christian nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as kidnapped as the U.S. State Department issued a “do not travel advisory” in the country and ordered nonemergency personnel to leave there amid growing security concerns.
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Johanna Willett |Natalie Sarrett |Scott Barkley
WASHINGTON (BP) — Belief in God, Satan, angels, heaven and hell is at a 23-year low in America, Gallup Poll said in its latest update. But most Americans still believe in the spiritual entities.
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
baptistpress.com | Johanna Willett |Natalie Sarrett |Myriah Snyder |Scott Barkley
The privilege of knowing Leonard Ravenhill when I was a teenager was nothing less than a sovereign surprise. Ravenhill was a British evangelist and writer whose statements on prayer and revival frequently pop up in sermons and on social media. God crossed our paths during the most impressionable years of my life. Here are six lessons I learned from this wonderful man of God:1. Invest in young people. I was 16 years old in 1981 when I met Leonard, who was 74.
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Jul 28, 2023 | 
baptistpress.com | Johanna Willett |Natalie Sarrett |Myriah Snyder |Scott Barkley
PICACHO, Ariz. (BP) – On a Saturday in May, an abundance of bell peppers, cucumbers, potatoes, bread, eggs, sub sandwiches encased in plastic wrap and other grocery store cast-offs covered tables at First Baptist Church of Picacho. Another table held vanilla layer cakes and other desserts. A sign out front alerted the community to the abundance inside. Free food boxes. All are welcome. This takes place on the third Saturday of every month.
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Jul 28, 2023 | 
brnow.org | Natalie Sarrett
As we enter the Atlantic hurricane season, Southern Baptists are intentionally preparing at-risk communities to navigate the perils of natural disasters and their aftermath. In Puerto Rico, many are weary from the past decade of nearly 20 back-to-back tropical storms. Families hardly have any time to recover from the physical loss and emotional trauma before another storm breaks on their shores.
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Jul 28, 2023 | 
baptistpress.com | Natalie Sarrett |Myriah Snyder |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
NASHVILLE (BP) – Although AM radio can be perceived as living in the shadow of other communication platforms, its value is being recognized with the bipartisan support and passage out of Senate committee of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. One out of three American radio listeners tune in to AM stations every month, said Nic Anderson, director of government affairs for Salem Media Group. “Even as technology changes, people are still listening to AM radio,” he said.
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Jul 28, 2023 | 
baptistpress.com | Natalie Sarrett |Myriah Snyder |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
LOS ANGELES (BP) – Three Orthodox Jewish families and two Jewish schools are suing the California Department of Education for excluding private religious schools from government funding to teach children with disabilities. California allows nonreligious private schools to receive federal and state funding under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), but excludes private religious schools from the program, attorneys representing the group assert.
