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1 month ago | 
brnow.org | Tessa Sanchez
A double tragedy began Maggie LaBrecque’s prayers for two Central Asian women who are from a people group near and dear to her heart. Her prayers continued until there was good news to share. LaBrecque serves among many people groups, including a minority group the International Mission Board (IMB) team refers to as the Four Corners people because they live across four countries in Central Asia.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Todd Gray |Scott Barkley |Tessa Sanchez |Tom Strode
Metadata:Series: First PersonTopic(s): Disaster ReliefFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: In the aftermath of the recent tornadoes in the commonwealth, there was a compassionate and organized response from Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief. When storms and floods come into our state, KBC Disaster Relief Director Ron Crow goes to work communicating with volunteers and preparing for mobilization.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Tessa Sanchez |Tom Strode |Tobin Perry
Metadata:Topic(s): CultureFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Greg Mathias, who teaches global missions at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS), told Baptist Press that while in Jackson Square this past weekend, he likely walked past five fortune tellers and tarot card readers, common sights there. But according to Pew Research, many Christians in the U.S. are not just passing by such phenomena.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Tessa Sanchez |Tom Strode |Tobin Perry
Metadata:Topic(s): AbortionFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Planned Parenthood halted abortions in Missouri on Tuesday (May 27) after the state’s top court ordered new rulings in the ongoing legal wrangling over the state’s abortion ban, which was voted down in last November’s election. The state’s top court ruled that a district judge applied the wrong standard in rulings in December and February that allowed abortions to resume in the state.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Tessa Sanchez |Tom Strode |Tobin Perry
Metadata:Topic(s): EvangelismFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: COLUMBUS, Ga. (BP) – The waters are always stirring. Since 2015, Cascade Hills Church has seen at least one person baptized daily. No, that doesn’t mean a large number of baptisms in 10 years that average to one a day. It’s daily. The pace has jumped over the last seven months, Pastor Brent Purvis told BP, to about four each day.
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1 month ago | 
news.crossmap.com | Tessa Sanchez
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2 months ago | 
baptistcourier.com | Tessa Sanchez
The smell of freshly roasted coffee beans lingers as women listen to a Bible story at the end of the third round of the coffee ceremony. Ennat is one of the women who have gathered as part of a women’s ministry and jewelry-making program started by Christians in the Horn of Africa in partnership with International Mission Board missionaries. Ennat is a 21-year-old, single mother of two. She dropped out of high school to care for her children and her parents, who both have health concerns.
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Mar 28, 2025 | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Tessa Sanchez |Tom Strode |Tobin Perry
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BP) — Sixteen pastors met with fellow Southern Baptists congressional leaders this week. Pastors met with Ted Cruz, Mike Johnson and James Lankford this week as part of a two-day advocacy trip this week arranged by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Central to the trip was hand-delivering 10,000 signatures for the ERLC’s campaign to defund Planned Parenthood to Senator Lankford and Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s office. The group also held discussions with Sen.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
brnow.org | Tessa Sanchez
The National Parent Retreat, hosted by the International Mission Board (IMB) on March 20-23, brought 148 parents of IMB missionaries together for a time of encouragement and connection. Laura Harrell, the IMB’s director of alumni and advocate engagement, said her hope for the weekend was grounded in the retreat’s theme verse, “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing,” 1 Thessalonians 5:11.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Tessa Sanchez |Karen Garcia |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): Religious LibertyFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: ATLANTA (BP) – As Georgia’s General Assembly continues its month-long push to pass a Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), a judge has ruled Utah’s RFRA protects a religious center’s practice of using illegal psychedelic mushrooms. Members of Georgia’s Republican-majority House Judiciary Committee mustered the votes to pass the RFRA bill March 26, a week after two Republicans joined Democrats in blocking the measure.
