The Baptist Paper

08/01/2025

“Did you deserve for God to forgive you? I don’t think so. But God did it anyway, so we forgive people who don’t deserve it.”

Standing in the middle of about 850 men and at least 16 blue kiddie pools full of enough shrimp, potatoes, corn and sausage to capsize a fishing boat, Jeff

08/01/2025

Check out more highlights from GCR Task Force audio files...

A team from The Baptist Paper, a sister publication to The Alabama Baptist and part of TAB Media Group, continues its review of the audio files from the

07/31/2025

ERLC's Brent Leatherwood resigns. Vice President Miles Mullin will serve as acting president.

Brent Leatherwood has resigned as president of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, concluding nearly nine years of service.

07/31/2025

"The story of the Bible, put simply, is a historical narrative of God working to bring about salvation to the lost."

When a Christian studies church history, they are uncovering the Christian generations that came before them so they can answer the questions concerning their identity and their foundation.

07/28/2025

A little Baptist history, anyone?

If God can use John Gano late in his life, what difference for the Lord can you make?

07/24/2025

Updates from central Texas, New Mexico...
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Following weeks of logging long hours, Baptist volunteer teams are continuing flood recovery efforts in central Texas following the devastating Fourth of July floods that left more than 130 dead.

07/24/2025

"Joy after pain isn’t about returning to who we were before. It’s about becoming someone stronger, more compassionate and more alive."

After a painful experience, hope often feels fragile.

07/18/2025

“Some of my mentors in ministry had advised me that to be successful in ministry, you need to love your people,” recalled music minister Joseph Hudson. Before you love them, you have to know them, he added.

When Joseph Hudson was called as minister of music at First Baptist Church in Cleveland, S.C., in 2010, he wanted to get to know the members of his new congregation.

07/15/2025

Learn more about a new digital hub called SBC Worship — to support music ministers and worship teams and equip them to sing the truth of Scripture.

The Worship Initiative recently announced a new digital hub called SBC Worship — to support music ministers and worship teams and equip them to sing the truth of Scripture.

07/15/2025

John MacArthur, megachurch pastor, culture warrior, author and longtime voice of the “Grace to You” radio program, has died. He was 86.

John MacArthur, megachurch pastor, culture warrior, author and longtime voice of the “Grace to You” radio program, has died.

07/14/2025

Updates from central Texas. Please continue to pray...

Baptist relief teams hit the ground running Monday (July 14) after a rough weekend of heavy rains and flash flood warnings in Central Texas that temporarily

07/14/2025

“Today, violence invaded the Lord’s House,” said Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman.

Kentucky Today's Mark Maynard provides an update to the shooting situation in Lexington, Kentucky (with screen grab image from wlwt.com news coverage) ...

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