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2 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Aaron Earls |Jane Rodgers |Randy Davis |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): Lifeway, SBC NewsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — In 2024, the Southern Baptist Convention baptized more new members than in any of the previous seven years but still saw an 18th consecutive year of overall membership decline. The 12,722,266 members of Southern Baptist congregations mark a 2 percent decline from 2023, according to the Annual Church Profile (ACP) compiled by Lifeway Research in cooperation with Baptist state conventions.
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2 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Jane Rodgers |Randy Davis |Meredith Flynn |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): International NewsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: SUFA, Israel (BP) – Why was Segev Schwartz the only casualty in his battalion of 30 Israeli soldiers when a terrorist tossed a hand grenade in a cafeteria on Sufa Outpost Oct. 7, 2023? That was his mother Sara’s question.
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2 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Jane Rodgers |Randy Davis |Meredith Flynn |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): EvangelismFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. – Energy infused the worship center of West Edgecomb Baptist Church in Rocky Mount as the digital timer on the screen at front counted down the minutes. The congregation had reason to celebrate on Sunday, April 27. Five were baptized.
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2 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Randy Davis |Meredith Flynn |Lisa Misner |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Series: First PersonTopic(s): Baptist Faith & MessageFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: Editor’s note: Randy C. Davis is executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Yale University was founded because Harvard University was deemed too liberal. How ironic that is, considering both universities are lightyears away from their founding principles.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Randy Davis |Tom Strode |Tobin Perry
Metadata:Format(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: “Do you want to stay bivocational? I know a church that would call you full-time and I’d be happy to recommend you!”I often receive such questions from fellow pastors and ministry friends. I don’t resent their asking. In fact, they almost always deliver the queries in the spirit of affirming my ministry calling and expressing their trust in me. I am convinced, however, that at least for now my calling is to bivocational ministry.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Tonny Onyulo |Scott Barkley |Randy Davis |Tom Strode
Metadata:Format(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: By Tonny OnyuloGOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo (RNS) – Pastor Allan Ngwaba has been offering daily counseling sessions, both in churches and homes, to people affected by the violent conflict in the Congo.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Randy Davis |Tom Strode |Tobin Perry
Metadata:Topic(s): ERLC, National NewsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: NASHVILLE (BP) – Five cases addressing religious liberty ranging from parental rights to age verification on pornographic sites will be decided when the Supreme Court announces its decisions in the coming months. The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has released explainers for all cases and their potential implications for the future.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Randy Davis |Ken Camp |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Series: First PersonTopic(s): Cooperative ProgramFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: Editor’s note: Randy C. Davis is executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. I love a good Cooperative Program (CP) story because Cooperative Program stories are ultimately about people. That’s one reason I love pastor James Suggs. He embodies everything that is great about CP.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Randy Davis |Ken Camp |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): Disaster Relief, International News, Send ReliefFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: MANDALAY, Myanmar – The power is out here. So is water, telephone, internet in this city of 1.3 million people where 80 percent of the infrastructure (roads, bridges, power lines) have been destroyed and between 40 and 60 percent of the buildings damaged or destroyed by the 7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar’s second-largest city and the region around it on March 28.
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May 15, 2024 | 
mbcpathway.com | Randy Davis
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a first-person article by Randy C. Davis, who is the president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. To read a counter-point article by Midwestern Seminary missions profess Robin Hadaway, supporting the “Law Amendment,” click here. Messengers attending this June’s Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis will cast votes on items of significant importance. The deciding second-year vote on the “Law Amendment” is at the top of that list.
