In one small Mexican village, life comes with a hard, practical rhythm. Children finish eighth grade and are quickly pulled into the fields or the factories that pay just enough for a family’s basic needs. Most men walk a mile or more just to catch the only truck that will ferry them to work.
Missouri
Missouri’s Don Currence to be nominated again as Registration Secretary
Jay Adkins, pastor of First Baptist Church in Westwego, La., has announced his intention to nominate Don Currence at the upcoming Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting to serve another term as SBC registration secretary.
National
Pressley names 2026 Registration Committee
SBC President Clint Pressley announced May 4, that John Pendelton will chair the Registration Committee for the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando in June. Pendleton, pastor of Bardstown Baptist Church in Bardstown, Kentucky, was a member of the committee in 2025.
Columns
Let America read the Bible with vibrant faith in Christ
We should pray that, within our churches and communities, people would read God’s Word and meditate on it day and night—not merely for information or cultural impact, but to find a life-transforming relationship with Jesus Christ.
Apologetics
The renewal of all things
Jesus helps us grasp the promise of our eternal home, referring to his future work of redemption as “the renewal of all things.” In Matthew 19:28, he tells the disciples, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
Global
Fulani militants killed most Christians in Nigeria in past year, USCIRF says
Militant Fulani killed more Christians in Nigeria over the past year than any other aggressor, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said May 8 in naming the militants a nonstate violator of religious freedom.
Culture
Southern Baptists see attendance and baptism gains amid membership declines
Southern Baptist churches saw sustained growth in attendance and baptisms, but the two-decade membership decline continued in 2025.