The journey to Oslo didn’t get off to a good start. Their flight was canceled, and a day was lost at the Atlanta airport waiting for the next flight. When they finally arrived, they discovered their luggage had been lost. Most of the six-person team from Georgia spent four days wearing the same clothes.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — When storms left hundreds of Indiana homeowners requesting help, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers from multiple states came together to do what one state could not do alone. Dwain Carter, director of Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief, said the response in northwest Indiana was a clear picture of the Cooperative Program at work.

VILLA RICA, Ga. — What began 14 years ago as First Baptist Church Villa Rica’s Gridiron Day has grown into a countywide outreach, with two churches partnering this year to reach students from all five Carroll County high schools.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — After 31 years as pastor of Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana de Savannah, Samuel Rodríguez was honored by a congregation, community members, and Baptist leaders who remembered his faithfulness, his love for the gospel, and his role as a pioneer in Hispanic Baptist ministry in the region.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Después de 31 años como pastor de la Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana de Savannah, Samuel Rodríguez fue honrado por una congregación, una comunidad y un grupo de líderes bautistas que recordaron su fidelidad, su amor por el evangelio y su papel como pionero de la obra bautista hispana en la región.

ATHENS, Ga. — What began as a World Cup final watch party at Green Acres Baptist Church became a picture of the nations gathered around one table.

HAZLEHURST, Ga. — First Baptist Church Hazlehurst welcomed hundreds of middle school and high school athletes from across southeast Georgia on Thursday, July 16, for a Night of Champions outreach that ended with about 120 students making spiritual decisions.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ga. — Daniel Wright turned a World Cup watch party into a ministry opportunity without a large church campus or elaborate setup. A television in the carport, food for families, children playing in the yard, and a halftime gospel presentation were enough.

SENOIA, Ga. — Children raced across soccer fields at New Hope Baptist Church on Saturday, June 20, chasing goals and medals amid the excitement of a World Cup-themed tournament. But for the church, the Mini Cup of Nations was about more than soccer.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The 2026 Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention was held last week in Orlando. Messengers and guests enjoyed fellowship, worship, and biblical teaching, as they carried out the business of the convention.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Georgia Baptist Mission Board is expanding its Right Start process by training leaders beyond GBMB staff to help more churches through the transition between pastors.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Georgia Baptist children’s ministry leaders and volunteers gathered across the state in March for a series of Vacation Bible School training events designed to help churches prepare for one of their most important evangelistic opportunities of the year.

DALTON, Ga. —The first three rounds of Engage 6 gatherings have been marked by strong attendance as Georgia Baptists continue a statewide evangelism effort aimed at reaching the more than 7 million lost people in the state.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Nearly 500 Georgia Baptist Collegiate Ministries students spent their spring break on mission this year, serving in eight international locations, seven sites across the United States, and seven places in Georgia. From remote villages in Guatemala to refugee communities in Clarkston, and from church plants in Montana to ministry partnerships on the Georgia coast, students used their week away from campus to share the gospel and support churches and ministries on the field.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Georgia Baptists topped the 26,000 mark in baptisms in 2025 and average worship attendance continued its steady climb, according to this year’s Annual Church Profile reports.

TENNILLE, Ga. — Tennille Baptist Church gathered for Easter worship Sunday despite damage to the building caused the night before when a high-speed police pursuit ended with a vehicle crashing into the front of the church.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Georgia Baptist churches have a chance to help shape a clearer understanding of worship across the Southern Baptist Convention, and Rhon Carter says every congregation’s participation matters.

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — More than 200 men gathered Saturday, March 21, at Cartersville First Baptist for an Iron Sharpens Iron men’s conference, where speakers emphasized Spirit-led discipleship, courageous fatherhood, and intentional leadership.

WINDER, Ga. — What began on March 1 as a regular Sunday service at Bethlehem Church quickly became a day that few who were present will forget. By the time the waters stilled, exactly 400 people had been baptized across all three campuses. Lead Pastor Jason Britt said 13 baptisms were planned, and 387 more followed in response to the invitation.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Pastors and church leaders gathered Thursday, March 12, at the Georgia Baptist Mission Board administration building for training designed to help them lead their churches with greater clarity and consistency in evangelism through the new Gameplan for Evangelism resource.

DACULA, Ga. — Hispanic pastors and church leaders gathered Saturday, March 14, at Hebron Baptist Church in Dacula for a Georgia Baptist Mission Board Hispanic missions summit.

DACULA, Georgia — Pastores hispanos y líderes de iglesias se reunieron el sábado 14 de marzo en la Iglesia Bautista Hebron, en Dacula, para una cumbre hispana de misiones organizada por la Junta de Misiones Bautista de Georgia (GBMB, por sus siglas en inglés).

ATLANTA — Hundreds of pro-life Georgians gathered at the State Capitol on Thursday, March 12, for the 2026 Georgia March for Life, despite the cold temperatures and threat of rain. Speakers urged the crowd to defend unborn children, support mothers in crisis, and press forward with what keynote speaker David Bereit called renewed conviction in the post-Roe era.

More than 1,300 people were exhorted and equipped to share the good news of Jesus at four Evangelism Conferences organized by the Georgia Baptist Mission Board over the past few weeks.

DALLAS, Ga. — What began as a trip to the Holy Land for a group of nearly 30 pastors and their wives turned into something none of the participants had foreseen, as they were forced to make repeated trips to a bomb shelter in Jerusalem before finally being able to evacuate.