OKLAHOMA CITY—Within hours of the powerful storms that devastated communities in the state, Oklahoma Baptists’ disaster relief teams were on the field. “By Saturday afternoon, April 14, in Norman, disaster relief teams had assessed 15 chainsaw jobs and teams were on the ground assisting homeowners,” said Sam Porter, Disaster Relief director for the Baptist General

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As conservatives and moderates began to face off during the 1980s, it became increasingly difficult for state Baptist papers to present fair and accurate reports. In that sense, the Oklahoma Baptist Messenger fared better than many of its counterpart publications, and was one of the few Baptist state papers to grow in circulation in this

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On Thursday, May 3, America will observe its 61st National Day of Prayer. With moral conditions at an all-time low, an exploding national debt and a critical election, this year has unusual significance. There is no question that many who founded our nation had a strong reliance upon God. Because their generations earnestly sought God

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More than 160,000 pastors, church staff members, hospital employees and others have their retirement dollars with GuideStone Financial Resources. The majority of those dollars are invested in GuideStone Funds, the nation’s largest Christian-based, socially screened, registered mutual fund company. Launched in 2001, the fund family was recently recognized by industry ranking firm Lipper as the

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The first issue of the Baptist Messenger in the decade of the 1970s rolled off the presses with the first name plate change in 20 years. Editor Jack Gritz wrote prophetic words in the first editorial of the decade when he predicted the next 10 years would be a time of challenge and change. Before

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)—A prominent seminary president had the rare opportunity to engage a former president on his beliefs surrounding the importance and interpretation of the Bible. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Seminary in Louisville, Ky., interviewed former President Jimmy Carter on an edition of Mohler’s “Thinking in Public” podcast. Titled, “The Bible Meets

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