Baptist Worship & Preaching

10+ hour, 56+ min ago   (179+ words) To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports and other articles from The Baptist Paper this week, see below. Hurricane watch: Baptists on standby, ‘ready to begin’ as Isaias approaches Baptist church used for Myanmar military…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (413+ words) Twenty Baptist General Convention of Texas churches are participating in a pilot program to test and fine-tune a newly designed process aimed at helping churches strengthen their Great Commandment and Great Commission practice. The pilot program kicked off September 15 on…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (914+ words) POPLARVILLE, Miss. — Three years ago, it was an emotional moment for Kipp Smith as he looked around the theater full of students, church family and members of the community. After the evangelistic message, at least 100 attendees answered the altar call…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (765+ words) Pastor Keith Menshouse raises his arms while greeting the congregation at Lifesong Church, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. RUSSELL, Ky. (KT) — Lifesong Church observed its 20th anniversary this past Sunday — not a long tenure for a Kentucky Baptist church. But in…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (832+ words) NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary hosted a worship night Oct. 6 in partnership with The Worship Initiative and SBC Worship. The event was held in celebration of the ribbon-cutting for the seminary's new Center for Worship Studies, which took…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (129+ words) Pastor Michael Ent celebrated his fifth anniversary with Raleigh Avenue Baptist Church, Homewood, the first Sunday of October. Drew Sprayberry has been called as pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, Pleasant Grove, where he had been serving as interim pastor. Ken…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (819+ words) TIFTON, Ga. — The final round of 2026 Engage 6 gatherings concluded this week, closing a year in which 1,641 pastors and church leaders attended 36 evangelism training sessions across six regions of Georgia. At Eastside Baptist Church in Tifton, 30 people gathered Wednesday to hear…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (383+ words) Posted by Staff | Oct 7, 2026 | Feature “Momentum is about bringing students together to encounter Jesus and be sent out on mission,” said Chad Coleman, Collegiate Ministries Director for Oklahoma Baptists. The night kicked off with corporate prayer and worship by Charlie…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1251+ words) More pastors are preaching longer sermons, and most churchgoers are OK with it. In fact, a small but growing number would prefer even more each week. A Lifeway Research study of U.S. Protestant pastors and churchgoers finds little disagreement between the…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1117+ words) BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (Lifeway Research) — More pastors are preaching longer sermons, and most churchgoers are OK with it. In fact, a small but growing number would prefer even more each week. A Lifeway Research study of U.S. Protestant pastors and churchgoers…...