In the early 90s,14-year-old Brandy Meeks sat on a church pew on a Sunday evening and listened to a medical missionary share their experiences of serving Christ overseas.
Missouri
New London Church takes Christmas to neighbors
The Wooten family has participated in living nativities, supplying animals from their farm, at other churches for several years. In 2022, they wanted to do something different at their home church.
National
ERLC trustees elect MBC’s Mullin to serve as VP, chief of staff
Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has elected Miles Mullin II to serve as the entity’s next vice president and chief of staff.
Columns
Be a somebody
The secret to being somebody is about perspective. People are thrilled when they’re accepted and smitten by the thought someone loves them just as they are. If we shift the perspective toward the divine, we find in Scripture that God views His children with amazing, eternal acceptance and worth.
Apologetics
BFM article VII: Baptism, Lord’s Supper
“Southern Baptists refer to baptism and the Lord’s Supper as ordinances. That means the Lord commands believers to carry out these symbolic activities, which picture the finished work of Christ and prepare us for his imminent return.”
Global
Pakistan eyeing more stringent blasphemy law despite growing outrage
Pakistan’s lower house of parliament has passed a bill strengthening punishment for blasphemy despite international outcry and security concerns among Christians and other religious minorities there.
Culture
Third season of ‘The Chosen’ series: entertaining, but controversy grows
The third season of the popular – and very well-made – streaming show “The Chosen” is in full swing. Yet the performances, portrayals and dramatic adaptation of Jesus and His disciples remain in the background as controversy swirls around certain dialogue choices, the production company and the show’s creator’s alleged flirtations with Mormonism.