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Southern Baptist relief efforts battle cold, snow and ice

Until temperatures rise high enough and long enough to make roads more accessible, response to a winter storm stretching from Texas to the Northeast is going to have a more local focus, Southern Baptist leaders told Baptist Press, Monday (Jan. 26).
Missouri

First-Person: Senior deer hunts led by BHHM have ‘remarkable impact’

Now, several years into these events, I must admit that these hunts have been remarkable, to say the least. Over the past year, by the time you read this, we will have had six hunts at five of our campuses.
Ethics

Visa bans halt international adoptions for at least 300 U.S. families

Grace Pierre Dowey, a 10-year-old girl living in a Haitian orphanage near Port Au Prince, knows she has a family in the U.S. She’s met her adoptive parents Ted and Ashley Dowey and her four siblings on Zoom, but that’s the extent of it.
Faith

Arrests announced in Minneapolis church protest

At least three arrests have been made among those who disrupted a Southern Baptist church service Sunday, Jan. 18, to protest ICE activities in Minneapolis, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday morning (Jan. 22).
National

Allen Highlights Theological Education as Denominational Stewardship at Spring Convocation

Midwestern Seminary marked the beginning of the Spring 2026 semester with its Spring Convocation on January 20. The event included an address by President Jason Allen and the signing of the Articles of Faith by three recently elected faculty members.
Missouri

Associations strive to help churches partner together to be on mission

Bob Feeler says he believes Baptist associations are a key to churches experiencing turnarounds and new growth, and he's not alone in feeling this way.
International

South Asian women empowered to know, understand God’s Word

When Song, a Hindu woman, and her family moved to the outskirts of a large, South Asian city for work, she prayed for God to teach her more about Himself.
International

167 Christians abducted during worship in Nigeria after dozens killed since new year

Nearly 175 worshippers were abducted Jan. 18 from three churches in Kaduna State in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, Christian advocacy groups reported, after at least 35 were killed in separate attacks on villages in the Middle Belt and eastern Nigeria.
National

Cities Church leaders address Sunday’s worship disruption

Leaders of Cities Church released a statement today (Jan. 20) addressing what they called the “shameful, unlawful conduct” of protestors that disrupted their church service Sunday, Jan. 18.
Faith

Lifeway Research finds church closures eclipse openings

In 2024, Lifeway Research estimates 3,800 new Protestant churches were started in the U.S., while 4,000 churches were closed. This is based on analysis of congregational information provided by 35 denominations or faith groups, representing 58% of all Protestant churches.

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