FBCZ.org
first baptist church, zachary, la

London's sweeping multiculturalism makes it a pivotal urban center for sharing the Gospel.

A prayer voiced in a London coffee shop yields a blossoming friendship between a Baptist missionary and a Somali Muslim.

Vietnamese refugee provides pastoral counsel, teaches English and helps fellow Vietnamese adjust to life in London.

Boyd Williams began changing London's Southall Baptist Church into an international congregation 30 years ago.

Some moderate Republicans are urging the party to jettison social conservatives in order to reclaim the White House and Congress, but former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee believes it would be a mistake -- and result in even more losses.

California Southern Baptists passed a resolution affirming their support for Prop 8, which bans "gay marriage."

The Baptist General Association of Virginia, acknowledging an uncertain economic environment, approved a reduced budget for 2009 during a quiet annual meeting that drew about 1,200 people to the Roanoke Civic Center.

Nearly 500 messengers gathered for the 102nd annual meeting of the Illinois Baptist State Association Nov. 12-13, voting to increase Cooperative Program giving for the second year in a row.

Messengers to the 134th annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, held Nov. 11-12 at First Baptist Church, Hendersonville, Tenn., approved a new missions partnership with West Africa and adopted a $39 million budget.

The influx of internationals into London may, with prayer and discipleship, make it a light to the nations.

A woman who is six months pregnant is being held in a Chinese hospital for a forced abortion under the government's infamous population control program.

A physician once considered a champion of abortion in the former Yugoslavia now defends the lives of unborn children.

The North American Mission Board will launch the pilot of a new 30-minute TV program, "On Mission Xtra," Nov. 26 at 9:30 p.m. Eastern on the FamilyNet television network.

North Carolina Baptists, gathered for their 178th annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C., Nov. 10-12, eliminated the option for churches to contribute to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship through the state convention.

Messengers to the 188th annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention in Columbia Nov. 11-12 approved a $34 million operating budget, adopted a new spiritual emphasis and approved a slate of resolutions.

Messengers to the 61st annual meeting of the Northwest Baptist Convention elected Oregon pastor Keith Evans to a second year-long term as president, approved a $5.8 million budget for ministry needs in 2009 and affirmed a reorganization of convention staff structures.

The International Mission Board appointed 105 new missionaries from across the United States and nine other countries Nov. 11 at First Baptist Church in Houston. The third-largest group ever appointed by the mission board brings the total of Southern Baptist missionaries serving overseas to 5,541.

"Fireproof" continued its impressive theatrical run in its eighth weekend, passing the $30 million mark -- a significant accomplishment being that it cost only $500,000 to make -- and staying in the Top 15 in total gross, according to studio estimates.

The election of Barack Obama was a great moment for equality in American history, but the nation still has a ways to go before all people -- including the unborn -- are viewed as equal, columnist Ken Connor says.

WASHINGTON (BP)--Jim Zorn has always been a little … different.
      He once skinned a coyote. Not just any coyote, mind you – a roadkill coyote he picked off the road near his old Lake Washington home in Seattle. How, you ask, did he know how to skin it? Because, he’ll tell you, he used to work on cadavers in his college human anatomy class.
      Duh.