Archive

June 12th, 2023

Adding souls to the Kingdom, make it count

June 11th, 2023

Salvations, first responder appreciation lunch among Crossover efforts in Covington

UPDATE: Louisiana Baptist leader, Daryl Stagg, charged with sex crimes

LBC’s Spinney to be nominated for SBC 1VP

Celebration Church baptizes 17 during block party

June 10th, 2023

NOBTS seminary teams see lives changed during Crossover

First Baptist New Orleans shares Jesus’ love to school children at City Park amusement park

M.E. Dodd: Father of Cooperative Program was a committed soul winner, SBC leader

June 9th, 2023

Alabama volunteer team encourages Vintage Church during playground build

June 8th, 2023

Louisiana Baptist leader, Daryl Stagg, arrested

EDITORIAL: Rick Warren is wrong on doctrine, but right that the future of the SBC ‘hangs in the balance’

June 7th, 2023

UMC loses 286 Kentucky churches amid homosexuality debate

Two million immigrants released into US ‘here indefinitely’

Wife choices (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Peanuts chatter (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

SBC CP dips in May, remains down for FY23

June 6th, 2023

D-Day 79 years later: How FDR’s powerful prayer united Americans

Southern Baptists are the new Methodists (an update)

FBI fears for life of informant who accused Biden of international bribery scheme as VP

June 5th, 2023

‘Stop Harming Our Kids Act’ passes Senate with supermajority, heads to governor’s desk

STUDY: Transgender surgery leaves people lonelier, depressed

California ed leaders push CRT lessons praising Marxist who looked up to Osama bin Laden

Bible removed from Utah elementary, middle school bookshelves for ‘sex and violence’

CDC: Rising rates of suicide, depression accelerated by pandemic among U.S. kids

More than 70,000 hear Gospel on 50th anniversary of Billy Graham’s Seoul crusade

June 4th, 2023

‘Mr. Bean’ feels duped by push toward electric vehicles

June 3rd, 2023

Lawmakers rally to revive ‘Stop Harming Our Kids Act’

June 1st, 2023

Baptism to discipleship

May 31st, 2023

North Korea sentences two-year-old to life in prison camp after parents caught with Bible

At least 95 Louisiana churches cut ties with UMC

Oklahoma Supreme Court rules in favor of unborn children

Kentucky abortion clinic up for sale

Louisiana joins wave of states reintroducing biblical values to schools

May 30th, 2023

Mustached man in drag welcomes little girls to Disney princess boutique

Chick-fil-A goes woke

Louisiana legislature recognizes June as Sanctity of Preborn Life Month

UK’s foremost expert: Gender ideology is ‘a cult belief’

May 29th, 2023

Conservative teens happier than their liberal friends

Kohl’s markets LGBT clothing for newborn babies

Biden admin uses Title X to corrupt teens, undermine parents’ rights

Black families in Idaho thrive because of faith, fathers in home

Target Stores aim at babies, young children with LGBT apparel

May 27th, 2023

VIDEO: Congressman Mike Johnson sounds off about massive government expansion

KELLEY: 12 years after GCR, can SBC break its downward spiral?

Call La. Sen. Pres. Cortez, (225) 342-2040: Help pass HB 648, Stop Harming Our Kids Act.

Louisiana lawmakers reject protections for vulnerable children

May 25th, 2023

SWBTS trustees call special meeting to address financial irregularities, sexual abuse allegations

Inexplicable peace

Mother speaks out after daughter loses track meet to male athlete, says parents are being silenced

Baptism question (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)

Stinking poll numbers (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Most valuable employee (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

Nebraska enacts ban on trans surgeries for minors, 12-week abortion limit

AAA: 42.3 million Americans expected to travel for Memorial Day weekend

May 22nd, 2023

Two Louisianans among 345 to graduate from SBTS

May 19th, 2023

LBCHFM to open regional compassion center

Louisiana Notables

SBC Serve Tour, Crossover seek soul winners

May 18th, 2023

LCU athletes score overall 3.04 GPA for academic year

May 17th, 2023

Dew reminds graduates there is ‘gain in loss, life in death’

Southern Baptists to vote on women pastors at annual meeting

VBS recruitment (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)

Ice cream sandwich admiration (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

Not your average pastor (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

NC legislature overrides governor’s veto, passes bill to protect babies from abortions

CNN drops to fourth place in prime time Friday night, behind Newsmax

GALLUP: US depression rates reach new highs

Titanic: First ever full-sized scans reveal wreck as never seen before

Home Depot projects first annual sales decline since 2009

Black Chicago residents infuriated over migrant surge

May 12th, 2023

SBC presidential candidate Mike Stone to visit Louisiana

May 11th, 2023

Frightening violence against tribal Christians in northeast India, 44 churches burned

Truth, sexuality and gender

Mom talk (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

Psalms inspiration (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

May 9th, 2023

SBC CP rises in April, trends down for FY 23

In small North Carolina town, Rev. Franklin Graham speaks to thousands of faithful: ‘God has a plan’

Chris Pratt talks leaning on Jesus when critics attack his faith: ‘2000 years ago they hated Him, too

May 8th, 2023

Christians among over 50 killed, 23,000 fleeing ethnic violence in northeast India

Pornhub blocks access in Utah over age verification law

STUDY: 55 percent of ‘pro-choice’ men hurt so badly they want help after an abortion

May 6th, 2023

LCU grads urged to impact world through Christ

LCU approved for new nursing degree programs

May 5th, 2023

LBC EB updated on CP, entities

Baptist Community Ministries to highlight faith-based impact of National Nurses Week

May 4th, 2023

LBC Executive Board highlights evangelism, Louisiana Send Network

May 3rd, 2023

‘The Chosen’ series to be streamed to 300+ prisons

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signs bill banning transgender treatments for minors

Christian alternative to Boy Scouts gets 1,000th troop

Nordstrom shuts down both stores in crime-ridden San Francisco

Avoid the tree? (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

All downhill from here (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)

Chance of a lifetime (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

May 2nd, 2023

SBC EC trustees vote down Wellman as president, CEO

May 1st, 2023

SBC EC trustees reject Jared Wellman’s nomination

LBC pastors part ways with revival

April 30th, 2023

Remember the Titans

April 29th, 2023

SBC EC presidential search: So much for restoring credibility

April 28th, 2023

BESE president addresses LCU education students

Hi Eve (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Interactive worship (Cartoon: Fletch)

Son of Nun (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

April 26th, 2023

Family Church reports theft of trailer

Stone to be nominated for 2023 SBC president

Ashland Baptist Church to host Southern Plainsmen Quartet

April 25th, 2023

‘Lost’ 2nd-century Roman fort discovered in Scotland

55 Oklahoma congregations leave United Methodist Church

Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult rises to 73

Islamic terrorists kill 134 Christians in Nigeria

NOLA high school senior smashes previous record for most scholarship money in US history

April 24th, 2023

Mississippi governor signs eight pro-life bills into law

‘Bible App For Kids’ hits 100 million installs worldwide

House members honor April as Faith Month

REPORT: Russian military kidnapping Ukrainian kids for forced adoption, indoctrination

Thankful thoughts on the ministry of Charles Stanley

LBDR trains 234 for disaster response

Cowboy Church ropes in lost souls

Despite perils, Louisiana Baptists continue overseas ministry in Haiti

April 21st, 2023

Task Force drops pro-LGBT Guidepost Solutions

SBC EC reports continued downward CP trend

Charles Stanley enters Heaven at the age of 90

Judge dismisses lawsuit against SWBTS, Patterson

SWBTS trustees elect Dockery, president, and Hawkins, chancellor

Riding a soul-winning wave: 1,300 saved, hundreds discipled in Hammond

Louisiana Notables

April 20th, 2023

M-JAM to youth: Have Christ-filled joy

April 18th, 2023

Charles Stanley passes at 90

DATA: Automobile interest rates at highest level since 2008

DNA links excavated graves to today’s First Baptist congregation in Williamsburg

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin donates first quarter salary to prison ministry

Terrorists kill 33 Christians in Nigerian village

Worker safety concerns prompts Whole Foods to close San Francisco flagship store after one year

Ohio school district allows staff to be armed

NOBTS Serve Day yields salvations, touches lives

Don Wilton, Louisiana pastor join NOBTS faculty

April 17th, 2023

Sermon illustration (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Lord’s prayer question (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

Grandfatherly wisdom (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

BARNA: 40 percent won’t attend church if it was solely online

SURVEY: Americans who read the Bible have ‘far more hope’ than those who don’t

Supreme Court showdown over Sabbath could change workplaces across US

Grand Canyon University sees enrollment triple in 10 years

Alabama community gathers for prayer following birthday party mass shooting

Hundreds of teens flood downtown Chicago, smash car windows

God is moving in our midst

Auntie Anne’s Pretzels founder shares twisted journey at Maggie Martin Marketplace Leadership Summit

April 14th, 2023

SURVEY: Majority opposes men on women’s sports teams

DeSantis signs bill to ban abortions (with exceptions) on babies with beating hearts

California bill would teach 7th graders how to have abortion

Minneapolis first to allow loudspeaker broadcast of five daily Muslim prayer calls