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Florida churches see renewed commitment, growth following Crossover 2026
ORLANDO – What began as a week of evangelistic outreach has become an ongoing season of ministry for Hispanic Florida Baptist churches across Central Florida. Follow-up reports from 14 Hispanic churches involved in Crossover Orlando show 2,237 people attended outreach events, 375 volunteers served and 105 people made decisions for Christ.
Americans less likely to see religion as positive influence
iStock Metadata: Topic(s): CultureFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: Most U.S. adults believe the country would benefit from having a little more religion, but their number is falling. In a 2026 Gallup study, 65 percent of Americans say it would be positive for society if more of their fellow citizens were religious, down from 75 percent in 2013. Currently, 22 percent believe increased religiosity across the country would be a negative, up from 17 percent more than a decade ago.
Pro-life groups unhappy as Planned Parenthood again receiving federal dollars
iStock Metadata: Topic(s): AbortionFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: NASHVILLE (BP) – The expiration of a one-year provision in the Big Beautiful Bill that defunded Planned Parenthood has pro-life groups and supporters questioning whether their voices are still being heard in defense of the unborn.
N.C. church’s annual rodeo becomes missions roundup
POLKVILLE, N.C. — As grandstand lights illuminate the summer sky behind Polkville Baptist Church each June, thousands of spectators gather for an event that might seem unexpected for a local congregation: a professional rodeo. For the past 26 years, the church has hosted the annual rodeo to raise money for missions, turning an unconventional fundraiser into a long-standing outreach that shares the Gospel with attendees and supports ministry efforts across North Carolina and around the world.
Crossover shows the value of cooperation for one Orlando church
ORLANDO – As the shepherd of a predominantly Black church in West Orlando, being a part of Crossover 2026 was about building bridges, said Pastor Alvin White. Brandon Elrod (left), public relations consultant for the North American Mission Board, visits with Pastor Alvin White (right) and Andrew Plooard, associate pastor of Greater Trinity, during the church’s Crossover community outreach event Saturday, June 6.
Kentucky Baptists tour northern Kentucky, cast vision for church planting in Newport
NEWPORT, Ky. (KT) — About 20 Kentucky Baptists gathered Thursday, Feb. 26, for a vision tour aimed at strengthening church planting efforts and expanding gospel outreach in northern Kentucky. The event, known as Multiply NKY, was a partnership between the Kentucky Baptist Convention and the Northern Kentucky Baptist Association. Participants visited ministry sites, heard from local leaders and prayed over communities they believe present strategic opportunities for new congregations.
PHOTO GALLERY: Anchored: Hope for Lake Cumberland crusade
Photos from the Anchored: Hope for Lake Cumberland crusade in Somerset, Ky., on Nov. 12, 2023.
Hispanic community in Somerset has committed Baptist pastor in Mario Taborda
SOMERSET, Ky. (KT) – Mario Taborda has a heart for the Somerset community and specifically its Hispanic population. Taborda is pastor of Iglesia Cristiana Renacer - the only Hispanic Baptist church in Somerset. He lost where he had been having church for a dozen years when Cornerstone Baptist Church was damaged by fire six months ago.
Wes Fowler named executive director of Missouri Baptist Convention
The Executive Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) has named Wes Fowler, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Mayfield, the next MBC executive director-treasurer. Fowler succeeds John Yeats, who steps aside after 12 years of leading the network of 1,750 self-governing churches through challenging times and to higher levels of cooperative ministry.
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FILE - Tennessee pastor Willie McLaurin speaks at the 2020 Kentucky Baptist Pastors' Conference at Bellevue Baptist Church, Nov. 9, 2020, in Owensboro, Ky. On Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, McLaurin, who leads the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, resigned from his position as interim president and chief executive after it came to light that he presented false information about his educational qualifications on his resume.
Asbury revival: ‘A beautiful experience of seeking God’
WILMORE — They came from far and near, from mothers carrying their infant children to senior citizens — all flooding into chapel at Asbury University Monday, Feb. 13 as a revival hit its sixth consecutive day with no hint of slowing down. A whiteboard just inside the front doors of the chapel speaks to the impact of more than 120 hours of preaching, singing, testimonies and confession of sin.
Asbury revival: ‘A beautiful experience of seeking God’
WILMORE, Ky. — They came from far and near, from mothers carrying their infant children to senior citizens — all flooding into chapel at Asbury University Monday (Feb. 13) as a revival hit its sixth consecutive day with no hint of slowing down. A whiteboard just inside the front doors of the chapel speaks to the impact of more than 120 hours of preaching, singing, testimonies and confession of sin.
Asbury revival: ‘A beautiful experience of seeking God’
WILMORE, Ky. (KT) — They came from far and near, from mothers carrying their infant children to senior citizens — all flooding into the chapel at Asbury University Monday as a revival hit its sixth consecutive day with no hint of slowing down. A whiteboard just inside the front doors of the chapel speaks to the impact of more than 120 hours of preaching, singing, testimonies and confession of sin.
Slate of new SBC officers includes first new recording secretary in 25 years
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article includes additional reporting by Pathway staff. ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Southern Baptist messengers elected a new slate of officers during their annual meeting here, June 14-15. The new slate of officers includes Missouri Baptist minister Don Currence, who was elected once again to serve as the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) registration secretary (Read more below). It also included, for the first time in 25 years, a new recording secretary.
Churches have been ‘hunting ground’ for predators, new SBC president says
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – SBC President Bart Barber put sexual predators on notice that Southern Baptist churches will no longer places to hide.
NAMB’s role in collegiate ministry leads discussion over Executive Committee recommendations
ANAHEIM (BP) – A motion regarding the North American Mission Board’s ministry assignments dominated the SBC Executive Committee’s report of its recommendations during the June 15 morning session of the SBC annual meeting. Last year, messengers to the annual meeting in Nashville rejected a request for collegiate ministry to be moved from Lifeway’s ministry assignment to NAMB’s.
Build church on Word of God to look like Jesus, Sanchez exhorts SBC
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – “Is it possible that the reasons our congregations have been so thrust against the winds and the waves, is because we have not ground them in the Word of God?” Juan Sanchez posed the question in his June 15 convention sermon to Southern Baptists gathered at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting.
Slate of new SBC officers includes first new recording secretary in 25 years
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – In one of two runoff elections at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting, Bart Barber, pastor of First Baptist Church of Farmersville, Texas, was elected SBC president June 14 in a runoff with Florida pastor Tom Ascol. Barber received 3,401 votes (60.87 percent) to Ascol’s 2,172 (38.88 percent). He succeeds Ed Litton, pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Ala., who presided over his one and only meeting after declining to seek a second term.
Dilbeck provides first report to SBC messengers
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – In his first report to Southern Baptist messengers, GuideStone Financial Resources President Hance Dilbeck recalled the first time he contacted the call center of GuideStone as a 25-year-old pastor as he and his wife Julie were expecting their second child and had no insurance.
FIRST-PERSON: Who is the new church dropout?
NASHVILLE (BP) – In 2020, life circumstances changed which made it more difficult to attend church services. And, before they even realized it, many haven’t walked into a church building in a couple of years. For many, that’s described their current post-pandemic situation. But it also corresponds with post-high school life experience for many previously churchgoing young adults. Lifeway Research found 66 percent of churchgoing teenagers drop out for at least a year between the ages of 18 and 22.
Barber elected SBC president after runoff
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Texas pastor Bart Barber won a run-off election for president of the Southern Baptist Convention Tuesday (June 14) evening at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. Out of 5,587 votes cast, Barber received 3,401 (60.87 percent) and Florida pastor Tom Ascol received 2,172 votes (38.88 percent). Fourteen ballots were disallowed. A run-off election is required when a candidate does not garner 50 percent of the vote.
Georgia pastor Frank Cox announced as last minute candidate for SBC president
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP)—Ted Traylor, pastor of Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, Fla., intends to nominate Georgia pastor Frank Cox for the office of SBC president Tuesday (June 14) during the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting. Cox confirmed his candidacy to Baptist Press. Cox joins Tom Ascol, Bart Barber and Robin Hadaway as announced candidates for the position with the election scheduled to be held in the Tuesday afternoon session of the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting.
Daniel Dickard elected president of SBC Pastors Conference
Daniel Dickard, senior pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C., was elected president of the 2023 SBC Pastors Conference June 13. Dickard won the election by a ballot vote, defeating African Christian University’s dean of theology Voddie Baucham by a vote of 690 (50.85 percent) to 608 (44.8 percent). A standing vote proved inconclusive, so a ballot vote was taken.
Daniel Dickard elected 2023 SBC Pastors’ Conference president
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Daniel Dickard, senior pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C., was elected president of the 2023 SBC Pastors’ Conference Monday afternoon (June 13). Dickard won the election by a ballot vote, defeating African Christian University’s dean of theology Voddie Baucham by a vote of 690 (50.85 percent) to 608 (44.8 percent). Fifty-nine ballots (4.35 percent), were disallowed.
Repentance, wisdom, revival themes of Southern Baptist prayer gathering
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – With the weight of so many important decisions facing Southern Baptists in the coming days, hundreds gathered to pray at the Anaheim Convention Center Sunday night. Arkansas pastor Bill Elliff and Robby Gallaty, pastor of Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tenn., led audience members on what the men hoped would be a journey where God would meet each person in a real and tangible way.
MacArthur, CBN urge event attendees to value the Gospel, not worldly approval
ANAHEIM (BP) – Attendees to a Conservative Baptist Network event June 12 heard a collective message from CBN leaders that an impact for Christ is made through a connection to the Gospel, not connections to the world. John MacArthur, longtime pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, Calif., delivered the featured message. “I think you’re my people. … I think the things that concern you are the things that concern me,” said MacArthur to the crowd at the start of the message.
Missionary presence central to new IMB brand
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) – The greatest problem in the world is lostness. The only solution to the world’s greatest problem is the Gospel. The biblical example for taking the Gospel to the lost is through physical presence. And for Southern Baptists, physical missionary presence to the nations is how we cooperate to fulfill both the Great Commission and the Great Multitude pictured in Revelation 7:9.
Repentance, wisdom, revival themes of Southern Baptist prayer gathering
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – With the weight of so many important decisions facing Southern Baptists in the coming days, hundreds gathered to pray at the Anaheim Convention Center Sunday night (June 12). Arkansas pastor Bill Elliff and Robby Gallaty, pastor of Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tenn., led audience members on what the men hoped would be a journey where God would meet each person in a real and tangible way.
Baptist Press apologizes to survivors, commits to serve
The past few years have changed Baptist Press. For some, the changes have not been enacted with enough expediency, but, regardless, this news organization of the Southern Baptist Convention is different. For more than 75 years, Baptist Press has been a source of news and information for Southern Baptists. Over the years, it has been more than a job for our reporters and editors. It has been a calling. It has been a way for them to serve Southern Baptists and help the Great Commission go forward.
The ‘secret’ to reaching Gen Z is no secret
LOUISVILLE (KT) – Gen Z – weighing in at 2.47 billion 12- to 24-year-olds – is primed and ready to take on the world, and the church needs to work quickly if it wants to help them launch from a foundation of truth. “Now is the time to reach and mobilize a generation with the gospel of Jesus,” said Shane Pruitt, National Next Gen director at the North American Mission Board.
Southern Baptists Black Leader
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee pastor Willie McLaurin has been named interim president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, becoming the first African American to lead one of the denomination's ministry entities in its more than 175-year history.
Webinar examines spiritual wellbeing, steps to overcome depression, burnout
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – For the past two years, pastors have walked a precarious line between respecting individual freedoms and shepherding their flocks from potential dangers. The number of decisions required by church leaders since the arrival of COVID-19 has left many exhausted, and perhaps even clinically depressed.
FIRST PERSON: Christmas prayers for storm victims
Hundreds of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers brought help, healing and hope to thousands of people affected by the devastating tornadoes in December in the south and midwest. Volunteers manned chainsaw teams, feeding units and helped tarp roofs across the affected states. Karen Smith, chairman of the national SBDR feeding committee and feeding coordinator for Kentucky DR, joined in serving the people of Mayfield, Ky., one of the hardest-hit areas.
Baptists send backpacks for children in Appalachia, Atlanta
ATLANTA (BP) – The efforts of two groups of Georgia Baptists have sent school supplies, toys, Bibles, food and other materials to needy children both locally as well as into other states. In Atlanta, Greenforest Community Baptist Church held its second annual Christmastime backpack giveaway Dec. 18. The line began to take shape about two hours prior of the 10 a.m. drive-thru event, said senior pastor Emory Berry. “It’s been amazing,” he told Baptist Press.
Youth leaders point to the Gospel, Christian counseling to help with America’s youth mental health crisis
ROCKWELL, Texas (BP) – Lauren Coats has seen firsthand the impact of a growing mental health crisis among young people. The number of calls from parents of teens and children looking for help to her three metro Dallas counseling centers has nearly doubled in less than two years.
Nigerian church gives from heart to aid tornado victims
When a small, poor Nigerian church heard about the devastation of the Dec. 11 tornadoes in Kentucky, they were filled with compassion and a desire to help. But as the size of their hearts were nearly unmeasurable, their pockets were empty. Well, almost empty. Members of Église Gomni, translated as Grace Church, managed to scrape together the equivalent of $100 and send their humble gift to one of the wealthiest countries in the world.
“American Underdog” tells the football and faith journey of Kurt Warner
NASHVILLE (BP) – Going from working in a supermarket to winning the Super Bowl seems like something out of a movie, but that is exactly the story of NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner depicted in the new film “American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story.” Releasing on Christmas Day, the movie follows the improbable journey of Warner from being undrafted after college, to working at a grocery, to playing Arena League football, to eventually leading the St. Louis Rams to a Super Bowl victory.
Singing Christmas tree comforts tornado-torn town
MONETTE, AR (BP) — The metal and wood that framed the annual singing Christmas tree for years at First Baptist Church of Monette was in storage. The church’s desire to reach the community ended the tree’s five-year hiatus. Thirty voices practiced. Hands refurbished the tree with new greenery and lights. Youth and children practiced their parts as Mary, Joseph, angels, shepherds and such.
Longtime Baptist leader T.C. Pinckney dies
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (BP) — Retired Brig. Gen. Thomas C. “T.C.” Pinckney, a leader and longtime stalwart in the Southern Baptist Convention conservative resurgence of the 20th Century, died Monday (Dec. 20) at age 91. As a 1992 member of the SBC Executive Committee from Virginia, Pinckney proposed the successful amendment to the SBC constitution to declare churches condoning homosexuality “not in friendly cooperation” with the SBC.
Nigerian church gives from heart to aid tornado victims
When a small, poor Nigerian church heard about the devastation of the Dec. 11 tornadoes in Kentucky, they were filled with compassion and a desire to help. But as the size of their hearts were nearly unmeasurable, their pockets were empty. Well, almost empty. Members of Église Gomni, translated as Grace Church, managed to scrape together the equivalent of $100 and send their humble gift to one of the wealthiest countries in the world.
KBC Crossover 2021 accounts for 40 conversions
Gospel seeds were sown across Hardin and LaRue counties Saturday as Kentucky Baptists took part in various outreach events under the banner of Crossover 2021, an evangelism-focused partnership between the Kentucky Baptist Convention and local churches. As the evening drew to a close, more than 40 people across seven different venues had prayed to accept Christ as their Savior.
More than 40 salvations, 'perfect ending' for Crossover 2021
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (KT) – Gospel seeds were sown across Hardin and LaRue counties Saturday as Kentucky Baptists took part in various outreach events under the banner of Crossover 2021, an evangelism-focused partnership between the Kentucky Baptist Convention and local churches. As the evening drew to a close, more than 40 people across seven different venues had prayed to accept Christ as their Savior.
College students find peace, rest and identity in Christ at Converge
By ROBIN CORNETET, Kentucky Today BAGDAD, Ky. (KT) – The sun was shining and so were the happy faces of college students as they reconnected with each other and their faith in Christ at Converge last weekend. Nearly 500 young men and women from colleges and universities across the state attended the three-day event at Cedarmore Conference Center in Bagdad, Kentucky.
Ky. Baptists to unveil new ministry focus at annual meeting Nov. 16
By ROBIN CORNETET, Kentucky Today LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – When Kentucky Baptists gather this fall, it will be a time of celebration and vision-casting as they applaud past ministry successes and introduce a new focus aimed at filling the many pulpit vacancies across the state. The Kentucky Baptist Convention will convene its 184th annual meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 16, at Severns Valley Baptist Church in Elizabethtown.
Camp season finishes strong, says Crossings president
By ROBIN CORNETET, Kentucky Today LOUISVILLE (KT) – With less than a week to go, Crossings President Lance Howerton said the Kentucky Baptist camp ministry is near to closing out its first successful season since the COVID pandemic. “Our only two goals were 13,000 campers and not to have to cancel any sessions of camp,” he said.
Gray shows gratitude, offers encouragement to Ky. Baptists
By MARINA SHELTON and ROBIN CORNETET, Kentucky Today OWENSBORO, Ky. (KT) – Executive Director-Treasurer Todd Gray thanked Kentucky Baptists for meeting 2020’s challenges and encouraged their continued faithfulness in the coming year. “My first year as EDT has been lots of fun and full of surprises,” said Gray, during his inaugural mission board report since being named leader of the Kentucky Baptist Convention.
Gray offers thanks and encouragement to Kentucky Baptists
By MARINA SHELTON and ROBIN CORNETET, Kentucky Today OWENSBORO, Ky. (KT) – Executive Director-Treasurer Todd Gray thanked Kentucky Baptists for meeting 2020’s challenges and encouraged their continued faithfulness in the coming year. “My first year as EDT has been lots of fun and full of surprises,” said Gray, during his second mission board report since being named leader of the Kentucky Baptist Convention.
Pastors challenged to be faithful to God, mission and ministry
By BRANDON PORTER, ROBIN CORNETET AND MARINA SHELTON, Kentucky Today OWENSBORO, Ky. (KT) – When Dan Summerlin agreed to a last-minute request to organize the 2020 Kentucky Baptist Pastors Conference in late 2019, he laughingly joked, "What could go wrong?" Little did anyone know a worldwide pandemic was on the horizon. Summerlin credits God's providential leading as he chose the theme “Faithful” long before pastors faced the many hurdles of COVID-19.
Sharing gospel becomes paramount for Crossover Owensboro
By ROBIN CORNETET, Kentucky Today OWENSBORO, Ky. (KT) – It was a big vision. There was going to be a gospel crusade, and upwards a dozen outreach events in Owensboro including sporting tournaments and maybe even a fun run. But like most well-laid plans in 2020: COVID.
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