Baptist Press

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/d43b18cc-26c2-4745-af26-99c216d9e206-Bible-... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> NASHVILLE (BP) -- This weekly Bible study appears in Baptist Press in a partnership with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/087e54a5-c07c-4a24-ba7b-5dd325a72120-hands-... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> WASHINGTON (BP) -- A nearly equal number of countries received upgrades and downgrades regarding their efforts against human trafficking in the last year, the U.S.

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/de2e8e20-5048-47cd-ab7c-79152eb41546-SBC-Di... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> <b>Jenness Park sale finalized, CSBC congregation begins ownership</b><br>By Terry Barone<br><br>FRESNO, Calif.

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/96ee677e-a410-4db8-9176-83d81ba5b259-Jim-Ri... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> <i>EDITOR'S NOTE: Jim Richards is executive director of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention.</i><br><br>GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) -- The line "For fools rush in where angels fear

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/1bd582d7-0a8a-446a-a06e-44a0acc6be66-Seo-an... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> SOUTHEAST ASIA (BP) -- In a dimly lit wooden home, a paralyzed man shares the story of his paralysis, his time with a witchdoctor, and finally, his vision of heaven.

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/44d9e797-ac08-49d0-814c-6b2b64615d42-Austin... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> AUSTIN, Texas(RNS) -- Michael Hickson, a man paralyzed three years ago after suffering a cardiac arrest, died June 11 after St.

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/7fad791b-d9aa-4d93-90f3-1be5229a0a0a-Nevada... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> RENO, Nev.

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/aa0f135f-a10e-4f3a-8ff0-77339f1c46b3-SBC-Di... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> <b>Ensuring diversity, quality key goal for GuideStone</b><br>By Roy Hayhurst<br><br>DALLAS (BP) -- Kasan Boyd is no stranger to GuideStone's employees and leadership.

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/971dfde8-7807-4c42-af1e-073947ad41ad-Gettys... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> NASHVILLE (BP) -- The church needs to learn from what is happening in global music culture, according to Keith Getty, the renowned modern hymn-writer and founder of SING!

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/c16b0320-218d-400b-9492-86d9f4f773d3-CP-rep... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> NASHVILLE (BP) -- Gifts to the national Cooperative Program Allocation Budget for June 2020 were below budget by almost $1.3 million, but the deficit was much less than projections for the month as the COVID-19 global pand