Meeting Jesus for coffee
Would you treat your friends this way?

'The stink-free pig guy'
Southern Baptist worker finds acceptance when he teaches Thai villagers new agriculture practice — but slams into ‘brick wall’ when he tries to share the Gospel.

Monsoon rains called 'vicious'
Southern Baptists have given more than $80,000 to help Pakistanis affected by epic flooding.

'A critical time'
IMB, NAMB ask Southern Baptists to pray and fast Aug. 28 for their respective presidential searches.

Southern Baptist 'musicianaries'
Former American Idol contestant Sean Michel and his band help IMB missionaries in Chile connect with young people.

Messing with our minds
If you want to plant an idea, choose the most powerful one …

Volunteer dies in car accident
Robert “Bob” Finck, a volunteer from Fellowship Community Church in Salem, Va., died Aug. 9 in an automobile accident in Zambia.

From all nations, to all nations
Missions representatives from the United States, Europe and South America discuss global evangelism.

Saving Grace
Indian Christians work to save infants from being killed because their families are too poor to keep them.

Avery Willis loses battle with leukemia
Avery Willis, creator of the MasterLife discipleship series, died July 30 after a seven-month battle with leukemia.

Power in forgiveness
Christian worker in Cambodia forgives leaders of Khmer Rouge in light of July 26 verdict.

Lasting impact
Jerry Rankin’s friends and family weigh in on his 40-years of missions service, commitment to take Gospel to ends of earth.

Rankin reflects on retirement
Rankin and others reflect on his years as the International Mission Board’s president.

Rankin honored
Trustees celebrate Rankin’s legacy, position the IMB to take the Gospel anywhere in the world.

Medical professionals connect at summit
Medical missions: A crucial part of, not just a method to, sharing the Gospel with a hurting world.

'Getting there'
'We can do this,' says campus pastor who will lead college students to pray for 700 unreached people groups this fall.

WorldView: Three 'evangelical lies' about reaching Muslims
This Arab pastor doesn’t believe them. Neither should you.

Cheap liberty and costly grace
One costs nothing and is worth the same. The other demands all …

More than sports
Missionaries, international volunteers and local churches in South Africa take advantage of World Cup fever to share that life is about more than sports.

Eyeing the goal
Africa’s World Cup fever presents missionary with opportunity to share Gospel in Senegal.

She never stopped
Ruth Carlisle, oldest retired missionary, leaves legacy of faith, grit.

WorldView: Countering the 'jerks among us'
A soft answer to wrath is downright subversive …

Ethnic tensions erupt in the 'stans
Southern Baptist workers and local believers reach out across ethnic lines as violence causes fear, mistrust in Kyrgyzstan.

Mission statesman dies
J. Winston Crawley, one of the primary architects of modern Southern Baptist missions, helped lead the expansion of global mission work after World War II.

'Are we there yet?'
Rankin gives final mission charge as IMB president during the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting.

Chinese pastor, wife slain at church served by Lottie Moon
A Chinese pastor and his wife were slain Aug. 31 at Penglai Christian Church, where Lottie Moon, an icon of Southern Baptist mission work, served in the early 1900s in Penglai, China.

Wartime hurts conquered by prayer
Through prayer, elderly Korean-American couple lose their resentment toward the Japanese.

Cambodian Baptists seek partnerships
God has blessed Baptist work in Cambodia -- with 304 churches started since 1993 -- but partnership is needed for the work to move forward, the president of Cambodia's Baptist Union said.

CULTURE DIGEST: Wallis admits funding from Soros; wealthy urged to give it away
After initially denying it, Jim Wallis, a leader of the evangelical left, has admitted his Sojourners organization has received funding from leftist billionaire George Soros, who has financed groups promoting abortion, atheism and "gay marriage."

Okla. Ten Commandments display could carve new church-state path
Seven years after Alabama removed a Ten Commandments monument from a government building under federal court-order, the state of Oklahoma is preparing to erect its own Ten Commandments monument on capitol grounds.

Homeschooling continues to grow
Recent media reports have pointed to the growing trend of homeschooling, with Texas alone seeing a 20 percent increase in the number of homeschooling families in the past five years.

FIRST-PERSON: Sexuality, smoking & movies
Columnist Kelly Boggs says if smoking in movies can influence teens -- as the CDC says -- then so can film sexuality.

FIRST-PERSON: Seeking God in Hollywood, coming up short
After pondering "Eat Pray Love" and "Get Low," editor suggests the words of the psalmist.