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State Baptist disaster relief teams headed to Kentucky

FLOOD RESPONSE – Volunteers from state Baptist conventions coordinated through the Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief Ministry prepare meals for victims and first responders to massive flooding last week in eastern Kentucky.

State Baptist disaster relief teams headed to Kentucky

August 1, 2022

By Hubert YatesCorrespondent As flood waters recede in eastern Kentucky and emergency responders continue the task of rescue and recovery from last week’s rains and…

Coalition spreading Gospel through heart language translations

IN THEIR OWN WORDS — In this file photo, Believers in an undisclosed location gather to study the Bible in their heart language. Three organizations including Southern Baptists’ International Mission Board (IMB) have pooled resources to offer Bible translations that heretofore unreached people groups can understand and use to further the Gospel. (Photo credit: IMB)

Coalition spreading Gospel through heart language translations

July 27, 2022

Black leadership conference ‘powerful and personal’

PRAISING THE LORD — The Whosoever Will Choir consisting of members of several music ministries perform under the leadership of the music ministry of Colonial Church in Randallstown, Md., at the 2022 Black Church Leadership and Family Conference at Ridgecrest Conference Center in North Carolina. (Photo credit: Aaron Earls)

Black leadership conference ‘powerful and personal’

July 26, 2022

Explore the Bible: July 31

July 26, 2022

Bible Studies for Life: July 31

July 26, 2022

Barna report highlights
openness to faith among
Americans who reject God
A surprising openness to faith among Americans who currently reject God has been shared in a new report from George Barna, director of research at the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University. The American Worldview Inventory 2025, titled “Millions Admit They Could Be Persuaded That God Exists — Under the Right Conditions,” finds that one-third of doubters are “completely open” to belief if approached with a credible, personal explanation, Barna shared in a released statement. An additional 38% “might be open” — totaling over 50 million spiritually restless Americans. Shockingly, 40% of those who reject God still identify as Christians, the report said. Many attend church or read the Bible, Barna noted, yet deny the God they engage with. Most rejections of spiritual authority, he said, occur before age 22, highlighting the critical role of early worldview development. — The Baptist Paper