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Supreme Court declines McRaney case, ending lawsuit against NAMB

The U.S. Supreme Court declined today to hear a years-long case brought by former Baptist state convention executive director Will McRaney against the North American Mission Board, upholding an appeals court’s decision to dismiss and essentially closing out the case.
Columnists

How should we respond when failure no longer surprises us?

Moral failure among pastors has become tragically familiar. What is perhaps most revealing is not that it continues to happen – Scripture already assumes the ongoing presence of sin – but that we still seem surprised when it does. Each new story is treated as an unthinkable collapse rather than a sober reminder of how fragile our assumptions about spiritual health can be.
Missouri

Pastor sees rural Dry Fork Baptist Church grow by intentional evangelism

Pastor Matt Goodsell is seeing growth at Dry Fork Baptist Church, and he credits it to intentionally sharing Christ and making disciples.
National

Miss. pastor Jonathan Greer to be nominated for SBC Recording Secretary

A Mississippi pastor has become the third known candidate to be nominated for SBC Recording Secretary. Jonathan Greer will be nominated for the office by Alabama pastor Tyler Armstrong at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando.
National

NAMB missionaries experience generosity: How the Annie Offering Is more than a gift

There's no way they could've known what was coming. When Michael and Traci Byrd of St. Louis, Mo., got a phone call telling them they'd been selected to be Annie Armstrong featured missionaries in 2022, they were appropriately humbled, honored, excited, and encouraged. But now, years later, they know better than anyone how the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering really is more than a gift.
National

South Carolina AMS Travis Kerns to be nominated for SBC recording secretary

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Denny Burk has announced plans to nominate Travis Kerns, a South Carolina associational mission strategist, for SBC Recording Secretary at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting.
Ethics

Major medical group comes out against gender transition for minors

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has issued a statement recommending its members delay gender-reassignment surgeries for patients until the age of 19.
National

Texas pastor George Schroeder to be nominated for SBC Recording Secretary

Florida pastor Dean Inserra has announced his intention to nominate Texas pastor George Schroeder as SBC Recording Secretary at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting. Schroeder serves as lead pastor at First Baptist Church in Fairfield, Texas.
Missouri

Missouri Baptist Historical Commission again offering scholarship for MBC schools

The Missouri Baptist Convention's Historical Commission is offering a $1,000 scholarship to one student from each of these four institutions: Hannibal-LaGrange University, Missouri Baptist University, Southwest Baptist University, and Spurgeon College at Midwestern Theological Baptist Seminary. The scholarship is matched by each school, making it $2,000 total.
Missouri

SBU announces first Artificial Intelligence (AI) degree

To better prepare students aspiring to work within the data science field, Southwest Baptist University is excited to announce that its Bachelor of Science in Data Science degree has become the Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Degree. 

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