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CARY, N.C. — N.C. Baptists on Mission disaster response volunteers have deployed to Muncie, Indiana, to help residents recover from deadly storms that brought torrential rain, catastrophic flooding and damaging winds across the state. At least seven people have died as a result of the severe weather that began Aug. 11, according to Indiana emergency [...] Read More... The post NC Baptists on…
BEULAH, Colo. — Four floods have ravaged the fire-blackened Beulah Valley since last month’s 102,004-acre Aspen Acres fire, which even now is but 72 percent contained. The worst flooding came Sunday (Aug. 16), Pastor Issac Cowger said, when the gurgling Squirrel Creek turned into a rampaging river. An 80-something man died trying to sandbag his [...] Read More... The post Nature attacks Front…
WASHINGTON (BP) — When Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) trustees named Grace Jin Drexel the recipient of the John Leland Religious Liberty Award, her father, Pastor Ezra Jin Mingra, was imprisoned in China for his faith. But she stood Aug. 19 with her father, freed in early July, when the ERLC physically presented her [...] Read More... The post ERLC presents religious liberty award to…
ROGERS, Ark. — A maintenance worker at Cross Church Pinnacle Hills in Rogers was arrested and charged with second degree sexual assault after an incident on church property. According to court documents, Jason Barrowman, 57, was clearing equipment from a Conex container. Helping him was a minor, who was volunteering at the church over the [...] Read More... The post Arkansas church maintenance…
NEW ORLEANS — Jamie Dew, president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) and Leavell College, challenged students to examine themselves and their calling during his convocation address Aug. 18. The convocation service, held in Leavell Chapel, marked the official start of the 2026-27 academic year. Dew began the service by welcoming students and noting [...] Read More... The post At…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) and Spurgeon College are mourning the death of Benjamin Speidel, an incoming student at Spurgeon College. The son of Peter and Maria Speidel, Ben unexpectedly collapsed on Saturday, August 15, while participating in missions training week and, after being transferred to a local hospital, passed away. [...] Read More... The post…
SOPHIA, N.C. — The Executive Committee of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina’s board of directors heard a series of ministry reports and took action on some administrative items during a regularly scheduled meeting held Tuesday, Aug. 18, at Caraway Conference Center. Financial report N.C. Baptist officials reported that Cooperative Program (CP) giving for [...] Read More... The post NC…
NASHVILLE (BP) — Days after a U.S. District Court ordered the final claim dropped in a case against the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), its Executive Committee and Guidepost Solutions, former SBC President Johnny Hunt filed an appeal not only of that decision, but several others in favor of the defendants going back to March 2024. [...] Read More... The post Hunt files appeal days after judge’s…
WAKE FOREST, N.C. — On Tuesday, Aug. 18, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) and Judson College welcomed faculty, staff and students to campus for the fall convocation chapel, celebrating the start of the new school year. The ceremony also marked President Scott Pace’s first public address to students since taking office Aug. 1. During his [...] Read More... The post SEBTS students…
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) — A Trump administration policy allowing certain arrests at houses of worship likely “substantially burdens the plaintiffs’ free exercise of religion,” a federal appeals court ruled Aug. 18, upholding a 2025 U.S. District Court preliminary injunction limiting such arrests. The plaintiffs have shown they will likely succeed on the merits of their [...] Read More... The post U.S.…
