June 24, 2025 Stories

Faith

Churches rarely discipline members, according to Lifeway study

Most pastors say their churches have policies in place to address significant misbehavior by church members, but few have actually used those policies recently.
Missouri

College students mobilized for missions in Mexico, Japan

While ministry on Missouri college campuses wound down at the beginning of May with finals week and the close of the semester, May was a month of missions mobilization resulting in 588 spiritual conversations and 526 gospel presentations through on-campus ministry and international missions.
International

Iranian people love Israel, U.S., says Iranian American church planter

Christians in Iran are between a rock and a hard place as tensions flare internationally, but an Iranian American church planting director at The Summit Church in North Carolina wants his Southern Baptist family to keep a few things in mind. Succinctly, the Islamic Republic, not the people of Iran, are fighting Israel. And the people of Iran themselves love Israel as well as the U.S., Central Asia Church Planting Director Nathan Rostampour told Baptist Press ahead of Saturday’s U.S. strike on Iran.
International

Diverse world of medical missions available through IMB opportunities

“Every day is a little bit different.” That’s how Jim Vale explained what life is like for him and his wife, Ashley. Both are family medicine physicians who serve with the International Mission Board in Southeast Asia.
National

Tennessee Supreme Court will hear defamation case against SBC

The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear the appeal of the Southern Baptist Convention as it tries to protect its constitutional rights in a case connected to an inquiry by the SBC Credentials Committee.

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