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Faith on the field: 11 NC high school football players baptized after recent practice | Baptist Press
CARY, N.C. — It looked like a typical scene following a high school football practice — sweaty jerseys, tired players and a tub of cold water sitting just past the endzone.
Alabama volunteer says disaster relief is ‘great way to spend a vacation,’ spends 4+ months in North Carolina | Baptist Press
Roger Bailey said when she told him what the kiddie pool was for, he couldn’t believe it.
Coggins joins program committee for 2026 Governor’s Hurricane Conference | Baptist Press
David Coggins, Florida Baptists’ Disaster Relief director, has accepted an invitation to join the program committee for the 40th annual Governor’s Hurricane Conference to be held May 10-15, 2026, in West Palm Beach.
STATE MEETINGS: Dakotas and Colorado | Baptist Press
Garvon Golden to serve as interim executive director of Dakota Baptist Convention, Colorado Baptists meet despite heavy flooding near church meeting site
Christian leaders demand answers in priest’s murder in violent southern Mexico | Baptist Press
MEZCALA, Mexico (BP) -- A leading religious freedom advocacy group joined Christians in southern Mexico Oct. 17 demanding answers after the latest murder of a Catholic priest in the region torn by drug cartels.
USCIRF condemns Chinese religious persecution as jailed pastor’s U.S. family urges prayer | Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (BP) -- Chinese Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, among 22 pastors jailed this week in China on erroneous charges, lived in the U.S. with his wife Chunli Liu and their children before returning to China in 2007 to plant Zion Church.
Southern Seminary trustees affirm mission and stewardship | Baptist Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The trustees of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary gathered October 13-14 for their fall meeting to conduct regular business, give thanks to the Lord for his provision, and reaffirm the seminary’s mission to train ministers of the gospel for a lifetime of faithfulness.
FIRST-PERSON: Winning against pornography | Baptist Press
To say that pornography use is a “sin epidemic” in our nation, and in the Christian community, may be an understatement.
U.S. urges release of jailed Chinese pastors | Baptist Press
BEIJING (BP) – China falsely claimed Oct. 13 to protect religious freedoms after U.S.
STATE MEETINGS: Pennsylvania-South Jersey, Montana | Baptist Press
Accelerate 2025 marked by ‘a call to return to the altar’ and bold moves; Montana Baptists celebrate positive trends in church growth, baptisms.
Brandon Lake garners the most Dove Awards with five; Forrest Frank abstains | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – “Gratitude” and “Graves Into Gardens” singer Brandon Lake won big at last week’s Gospel Music Association Dove Awards at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
Franklin Graham organizations end membership in financial accountability group | Baptist Press
(RNS) — Franklin Graham, the president and CEO of two of the largest Christian ministries in the country, has quit his organizations’ membership in a financial accountability group that sets standards for evangelical nonprofits.
Thousands of Palestinians return to what's left of their homes as Gaza ceasefire takes effect | Baptist Press
WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip on Friday as a U.S.-brokered ceasefire came into effect in a deal that raised hopes for ending the Israel-Hamas war.
FIRST-PERSON: Life wins | Baptist Press
What a month it has been. News of tragedy from back home.
IMB’s Missions Residency equips young adults to go beyond ‘mission trip’ | Baptist Press
RICHMOND, Va. – Marlee Jenkins wanted more than just a “taste of missions.” The young woman felt God nudging her to cross-cultural missions, but she wondered what that looked like long term.
Associational Missions Day of Prayer is Oct. 19 | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – On Oct. 19, Southern Baptists are called to pray for and recognize the cooperative ministry relationships that predate the SBC itself by 138 years.
NOBTS trustees celebrate mission, hear positive updates | Baptist Press
NEW ORLEANS – The board of trustees for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College heard positive updates, conducted business and took time to reflect on the mission of the institution during their fall meeting Oct. 7-8.
FIRST-PERSON: Accountability in the body of Christ | Baptist Press
No matter the reason for the drastic actions that accountability sometimes requires, repentance and restoration must always be the goal. Measures like these are always meant to help and never hurt.
SBC DIGEST: Lifeway releases Advent resources; SWBTS receives Lilly grant | Baptist Press
Lifeway provides full slate of Advent resources for families, churches; Southwestern receives $871K Lilly Endowment grant.
From Fisk Jubilee Singers to megachurch hits, new museum celebrates Christian music | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (RNS) — The lobby of the new Museum of Christian & Gospel Music in downtown Nashville was filled with the sounds of drills, vacuums and other power tools last week as workers scurried to put the finishing touches on displays ahead of the grand opening a couple days away.