ATLANTA — Messengers to the Georgia Baptist Convention’s 2025 annual meeting earlier this month voted to welcome 24 new congregations into cooperative partnership.

ATLANTA — Georgia Baptists heard a sweeping report on Mission Georgia at last week’s annual meeting, a presentation filled with testimonies of gospel impact in schools, clinics, disaster zones, and recovery ministries across the state. The report underscored what Executive Director Thomas Hammond called “a biblical response to the needs across our state.”

ATLANTA — In addition to sermons and messages from the main stage, the 2025 Georgia Baptist Convention annual meeting last week hosted a series of fireside chats on strategies for making church ministries more evangelistic.

ATLANTA — Georgia Baptist Mission Board Executive Director Thomas Hammond used his annual report Tuesday at the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting, held at First Baptist Atlanta, to rally pastors around a long-term, statewide evangelism initiative. Hammond showed what that might look like in local congregations by highlighting ways in which the GBMB can help and support pastors, ministry leaders, and church members.

ATLANTA — Georgia Baptists reelected Steve Browning, pastor of First Baptist Church Alpharetta, as convention president on Tuesday and chose two pastors known for cooperative, evangelistic ministry to serve alongside him as officers for the coming year.

ATLANTA — Georgia Baptist Collegiate Ministries marked a century of campus outreach Monday night, celebrating 100 years of ministry on the opening night of the Georgia Baptist Convention annual meeting at First Baptist Church Atlanta.

ATLANTA — Messengers to the Georgia Baptist Convention’s annual meeting reaffirmed their determination to oppose any expansion of gambling in Georgia and urged lawmakers to tighten access to marijuana and hemp-derived products.

ATLANTA — Georgia Baptists opened their annual meeting at First Baptist Atlanta on Monday, Nov. 10, with an evangelism conference built around the goal of reaching the state’s 7 million lost people with the gospel.

ATLANTA — The inspiration service that opened the Georgia Baptist Convention annual meeting on Sunday at First Baptist Atlanta also became a sending service, as state leaders brought a group of new church planters to the platform and asked Georgia Baptists to pray for them, support them, and see them as “answers to prayer” for the state’s growing mission field.

ATLANTA — A panel of Georgia pastors addressed the opening inspiration service of the Georgia Baptist Convention annual meeting to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Cooperative Program. They also urged churches to keep their commitment to missions through the Southern Baptist shared funding channel.

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Send Network’s One Day event in Warner Robins brought more than a hundred pastors, planters, and lay leaders to Second Baptist Church on Tuesday, Oct. 28, for encouragement to multiply churches across middle and south Georgia.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Chris Renfro, lead pastor of Hope Church Union Hill in Alpharetta, will nominate GBC president Steve Browning for a second term at the annual meeting scheduled for Nov. 9-11 at First Baptist Atlanta. Renfro described Browning as a faithful pastor who leads First Baptist Church Alpharetta “with excellence.”

McDONOUGH, Ga. — Trea Brinson, lead pastor of Eagle’s Landing First Baptist Church in McDonough, will be nominated to serve as vice president of the Georgia Baptist Convention at the annual meeting scheduled for Nov. 9-11 at First Baptist Atlanta.

THOMASVILLE, Ga. — Paul Ballard, pastor of Thomasville First Baptist Church, will be nominated for first vice president of the Georgia Baptist Convention, and the pastor nominating him says Ballard brings both a missionary heartbeat and a proven record of revitalization.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — James Oney, pastor of Liberty Baptist Church in north Fayetteville, will be nominated for vice president of the Georgia Baptist Convention when messengers gather next week in Atlanta, according to Griffin Gulledge, senior pastor of First Baptist Fayetteville.

More than two hundred Georgians affiliated with Jubal Ministries recently traveled to Cuba in October to share the gospel through music and the spoken word in partnership with Global Missions Project. Though their goal was to help change Cuban lives through the power of the gospel, something unexpected happened along the way.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — As Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief (GBDR) wrapped 2025 with eight well-attended trainings, multiple out-of-state deployments, and continued service at home, the ministry is looking forward to new service opportunities and a full training schedule in 2026.

CLEVELAND, Ga. — Truett McConnell University has begun a national search for its next president, marking a new chapter for the institution as it continues its mission to provide Christ-centered higher education rooted in a biblical worldview.

On Sept. 21, 2024, Hurricane Helene tore through Georgia with devastating force. One year later, the scars remain—blue tarps still cling to rooftops, ancient oaks lie splintered in fields, and the skyline in Hazlehurst stands conspicuously without a steeple.

This year, Georgia Baptists will celebrate the 203rd anniversary of the Georgia Baptist Convention. The theme of the annual meeting will be “Everyone, Everywhere.” The meeting will be held at First Baptist Church, Atlanta, from Sunday, Nov. 9, through Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.

McDONOUGH, Ga. — More than 1,200 college students and ministry leaders from across Georgia gathered Sept. 19–21 at Eagle’s Landing First Baptist Church in McDonough for Confluence 2025, a gathering designed to help participants grow in their faith and understanding of God’s Word, uniting around the shared mission of making Jesus known.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The SPARK 2025 church-strengthening conferences drew record numbers this fall, helping to equip more than 4,100 Georgia Baptist leaders across six locations for gospel-centered ministry.

LaGRANGE, Ga. — For the past four months, a fire has been lit for the gospel at Unity Baptist Church in LaGrange, Ga.

CLEVELAND, Ga. — During a scheduled press conference, Dr. John Yarbrough, serving as interim president, announced today that Dr. Emir Caner would not be returning as president of the school after 17 years with the University.

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — The Bible says Jesus was a carpenter, and Belmont Baptist Church in Gainesville is using carpentry to make sure no kid sleeps on the floor in their town.