Adults account for most baptisms in SBC congregations
BRENTWOOD — As baptisms in Southern Baptist congregations increase, a growing percentage of those entering the baptismal pools are adults. In the 2025…
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Ninth Circuit rules that Meta case will proceed
SAN FRANCISCO (BP) – Thousands of lawsuits claiming that social media platforms knowingly designed their products to be addictive to young users…
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Carson-Newman University’s new center honors longtime Knoxville pastor
JEFFERSON CITY – A new center at Carson-Newman University is designed to equip and support aspiring and current pastors not only to…
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Final claim dismissed in Johnny Hunt lawsuit
NASHVILLE (BP) – A U.S. district court has once again sided with the Southern Baptist Convention and other defendants in a suit…
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Amid decades of decline, leaders call for a return to biblical church membership
NASHVILLE (BP) – Church membership has fallen on hard times, and Jonathan Leeman has watched the decline. “We tend to have a…
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Processing pastoral grief
As pastors, we have a specific role to play at the passing of a church member that no one else quite understands.…
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CP gifts are well worth the sacrifice
“Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may be food in my house. Test me in this way,” says…
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Cyclical generosity
Farmington ‘repays’ Southside’s long-ago gift with similar act SHELBYVILLE — Southside Baptist Church started the year staring down a hot summer with…
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How can your church grow again?
“You’ve attended our church. You’ve met us. We want to do better than we’re doing. What can we do to start growing?”…
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August 16: Compromise
Focal Passage: Judges 16:16-31 Compromise can be a dangerous thing, especially when you’re trying to get into better physical shape. Have you…
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August 16: An outward focus
Focal Passage: 1 Corinthians 10:23-33 Few questions are more important than, “Why am I here? What is my purpose?” Of course, the…
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Southern Baptist Convention named in lawsuit tied to Pawleys Island church investigation
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. — The Southern Baptist Convention and its Executive Committee have been named as defendants in a proposed federal class-action…
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