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  WMU Foundation seeks to ‘Warm Our World’

  As part of its “#WarmOurWorld” campaign, the Woman’s Missionary Union Foundation is asking individuals for a $25 donation to supply a blanket to a refugee family, and the group is encouraging people to donate blankets in their communities to help meet local needs.

  01/31/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Baptists expelled from homes in Mexican community

  A town assembly in Tuxpan de Bolanos—a community in Jalisco, Mexico—expelled 10 Baptist families from their community when they refused to recant their faith.

  01/30/2016 - By Ken Camp

• Former Glorieta homeowners get legal aid

  Kirk and Susie Tompkins, who unsuccessfully sued to stop the sale of Glorieta Conference Center, now have a lawyer to help with their appeal. From BNG

  01/29/2016 - By Ken Camp

• SBC leader Mohler joins Rubio advisory board

  Southern Seminary President Albert Mohler has been tapped by presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to serve on his Dignity of Life Advisory Board. From BNG

  01/23/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  New Baptist Covenant among faith groups to watch in 2016

  A progressive think tank cites ongoing efforts to unite black and white Baptists as a bright spot in a time of polarized political rhetoric. From BNG

  01/20/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Trump candidacy will test evangelical voters, says SBC leader

  Russell Moore says evangelicals who support GOP candidate Donald Trump don’t believe character matters in a presidential election. From BNG

  01/20/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  MLK’s advice to pastors called key to revival

  Sixty years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott,  advice from Martin Luther King Jr. in his 1958 book, Stride Toward Freedom, still resonates with pastors.

  01/15/2016 - By John Rutledge

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  GuideStone conducts 2016 SBC Church Compensation Survey 

  GuideStone Financial Resources, along with LifeWay Research and Baptist state conventions, is conducting its biennial SBC Church Compensation Survey.

  01/15/2016 - By John Rutledge

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  IMB layoffs hit home; no additional missionaries required to leave overseas

  The Southern Baptist International Mission Board announced Jan. 14 the elimination of its stateside communications department. From BNG

  01/14/2016 - By Ken Camp

• Longtime Baptist leader Bill Self dies at 83

  Bill Self, a longtime Atlanta-area pastor and prominent Baptist leader for decades, died Jan. 9 after a long struggle with Lou Gehrig’s Disease. From BNG

  01/14/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Wanda Lee announces plans to retire from WMU

  Wanda Lee told the national Woman’s Missionary Union board of directors she plans to retire as the Southern Baptist missions auxiliary’s executive director-treasurer.

  01/14/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Lilly grants CBF $1 million to address economic challenges pastors face

  The Lilly Endowment awarded the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship a $1 million grant as part of its national initiative to address economic challenges facing pastors.

  01/13/2016 - By Ken Camp