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DALLAS (ABP) — The Texas Baptist Historical Collection is displaying iconic preacher George Whitefield’s elevated pulpit, one of the top five artifacts of American Christianity and a key tool that helped unite the colonies as well as lay the foundation…

DALLAS—After seven years as Texas Baptist Men executive director and more than four decades holding various leadership posts in the missions organization, Leo Smith has announced plans to retire effective Feb. 28. Smith, 72, has informed members of the TBM…

IRONTON, Mo. (ABP) — Ministry to older adults must take many forms, depending upon the make-up of the group a church is trying to reach. As the U.S. population ages, congregations will have even more opportunities to engage older adults….

IRONTON, Mo. (ABP) — As churches minister to the most elderly and infirm among members, some also seek ways to serve their caregivers — often family members — who often labor around the clock. Members of the "Classic 55-plus" ministry…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – Belmont University trustees voted Jan. 26 to add sexual orientation to the historically Baptist school’s anti-discrimination policy. In December Belmont parted ways with a successful women’s soccer coach after she told her team that she and…

IRONTON, Mo. (ABP) — Pretend for a moment a congregation has called you as youth minister and includes all individuals from 3 to 30 years old as your group. What is your reaction? Most people wouldn’t expect a youth worker…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (ABP) — Jan. 1 not only marked the beginning of a new year, but also saw the first Baby Boomers turn 65 years old. And congregations face the evolving challenge of finding ways to minister with and to…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — A judge has put on hold the effects of an earlier ruling in the ongoing legal battle between the Missouri Baptist Convention and the Missouri Baptist Foundation. On Jan. 26, Cole County Circuit Court Judge…

DANVILLE, Va. (ABP) — Christine Gregory, a Virginia missions leader who broke barriers to women in Baptist leadership roles, died Jan. 22 in a Danville, Va., nursing home. She was 89. Christine Gregory following her election as Virginia Baptists' president…