Barry Whitworth, executive director of the Baptist Resource Network, details some of the highlights of this year's annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando on June 9-10.
Tyler and Ashley Martin moved to Bar Nunn, Wyoming, as church planting missionaries—not because of what was there, but because of what was missing.
When God called Leo and Miosha Robinson to plant a church in Flint, Michigan, they began by asking their neighbors, “What do you need?” The answer surprised them.
Osvaldo and Vanessa Lerma serve at the Send Relief Ministry Center in Laredo, Texas, just miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. There, they host mission teams and connect them with local churches and a respite center to minister to refugees seeking legal asylum.
Through the ministry she founded, Chaplains and Heroes, Christi connects churches with law enforcement, equips chaplains, and mobilizes communities to care for those who serve and protect.
Missionaries Joshua and Brittany Brown started Pillar Church of Topsail in North Carolina, near Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune — one of North America’s most strategic places for evangelism and church planting.
On March 16, 2026 (3.16), the Baptist Resource Network welcomed 183 guests and 50 churches to the fifth annual Advance Evangelism Conference at Calvary Church in State College, Pa.
The Baptist Resource Network's Elizabeth Benge shares the top five resources and opportunities for March 2026.
More than two out of every three people in North America do not have a relationship with Jesus, shares Barry Whitworth, executive director of the Baptist Resource Network.
In January 2025, Zakk Roberts, former co-pastor of Steel City Church, stepped into his current role as the North American Mission Board (NAMB) Send City Missionary for Pittsburgh, a role the Lord has been preparing him for since first coming to Pittsburgh with a church planting team.