Crossover Indianapolis
Southern Baptist volunteers from throughout North America will crisscross Indianapolis the first week of June, when Crossover'08 comes to town in advance of the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting at the Indiana Convention Center on June 10-11.

Crossover'08, set for June 6-7 in Indianapolis, will mark the twentieth anniversary of this annual evangelistic event, designed to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the host city the weekend before the SBC's annual meeting. Read More

Charles Lowery Random Pounding We all come from the Adams family. Our family inheritance is our earth suit with its sinful nature. We are simply vessels of clay. Clay, as it ages, cracks, crumbles, and disintegrates. We have inherited a world that is cracking, disintegrating, and falling apart — especially if not properly maintained. We inhabit a world that is moving in a completely different direction from what God has planned. This world has a magnetic-like influence on us. If you are not making a conscious effort to stay out of an earthly sphere of influence, you will be pulled in and, before you realize it, stuck to the magnet. Because of this downward pull, we need to constantly look to God's Word to keep us focused. ~ by Charles Lowery

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SBC President Invites You to the Southern Baptist Convention
I hope that you will give serious consideration to attending this year's Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. Indianapolis is a great convention city, and I think you and your family will enjoy it tremendously. Dr. Steve Davis, Executive Director of the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana, and his excellent staff will be working to provide a wonderful experience for all. The great people of Indianapolis will welcome us heartily. Read More

Churches on Mission: First Baptist Cleburne
There's a link between a church's relevance and the Cooperative Program, as pastor Daniel E. (Danny) Crosby sees it.

"We must continually force ourselves to be relevant in a culture that always seeks to push us toward irrelevance," said Crosby, pastor of First Baptist Church in Cleburne, Texas. "I think this culture doesn't think it needs us. They don't think we have anything they need or anything to do with their lives." Read More

Heart of Darkness
Weary travelers stand alongside a river somewhere in South America's Amazon Basin.

After three hours of trying to maneuver upstream by motorboat to a remote village, a group of International Mission Board missionaries grudgingly accepts the realization that the journey for that day has ended. Shallow waters, exposed rocks, tree limbs, and a rough current that nearly capsized the boat won't allow the group to go any farther. Read More

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