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  Canadian elected general secretary of North American Baptist Fellowship

  The North American Baptist Fellowship unanimously elected Jeremy Bell, a Western Canadian with roots in Northern Ireland, as its general secretary.

  01/10/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  GuideStone summit to tackle cybersecurity, sexual abuse

  Cybersecurity and sexual abuse in the church will be among the topics addressed at GuideStone Financial Resources’ second annual Employee Benefits Summit in Dallas.

  01/08/2018 - By Roy Hayhurst / GuideStone Financial Resources

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  Hance Dilbeck elected Oklahoma Baptist executive director

  Hance Dilbeck was elected as the next executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma in a unanimous vote by the convention’s board of directors Dec. 11 in Oklahoma City.

  12/13/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Southern Baptist layman Paul Pressler subject of sex abuse suit

  Paul Pressler, a key figure in the self-identified “conservative resurgence” in the Southern Baptist Convention, is fighting a lawsuit by a former office assistant who alleges the onetime Texas appeals court judge sexually abused him over the course of several decades.

  12/12/2017 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Survey seeks qualities of effective directors of missions

  Opinions of leaders in all areas of Southern Baptist life are solicited in an online survey studying the qualities of effective leadership by associational directors of missions.

  12/04/2017 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Puerto Rico missionary’s relief ministry opens hearts

  Even in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Southern Baptist missionary Jorge Santiago has experienced the truth of Romans 8:28—that God can work all things together for good.

  11/28/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Tennessee Baptist Convention cuts ties with church over woman pastor

  After a more than 140-year relationship, First Baptist Church in Jefferson City and the Tennessee Baptist Convention are breaking up over the church’s decision to call its first female senior pastor.

  11/17/2017 - By Holly Meyer / USA Today

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  Mexican churches damaged by quake minister to neighbors

  Baptist churches in Central Mexico continue to feel the figurative aftershocks of the earthquake that shook their region Sept. 19, but damage to facilities has not deterred congregations from offering disaster relief to their neighbors.

  11/06/2017 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Oklahoma pastor named executive director of Baptist Center for Ethics

  The Baptist Center for Ethics’ board of directors unanimously approved Mitch Randall, pastor of a Baptist General Convention of Texas-affiliated church in Oklahoma, as the Nashville-based center’s executive director.

  10/31/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  San Juan pastor serves meals, shares gospel after Maria

  Iglesia Bautista de la Familia Santurce—the Baptist Church of the Family in Santurce—began serving meals Oct. 1 to Puerto Ricans affected by Hurricane Maria.

  10/11/2017 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Southern Baptists receive green light for relief in Puerto Rico

  Southern Baptist disaster relief leaders received permission from federal authorities and an invitation from Baptist churches in Puerto Rico to begin disaster relief on the hurricane-ravaged island.

  10/04/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Las Vegas church seizes the chance to serve after the massacre

  A mass shooting presents a test for any religious institution—even more so for a massacre like the one that left 58 dead and hundreds injured in Las Vegas. Hope Church, a growing multi-ethnic Baptist congregation that attracts 3,000 people each weekend, believes it’s up to the challenge.

  10/04/2017 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service