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Southern Baptists celebrate 175-year legacy in Nig...

Posted by Tessa Sanchez | Jan 2, 2026 | Feature, Missions & Church

Just Joe – A Surprise Visitor

Posted by Joe Ligon | Dec 31, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers

Toolbox – Why guests don’t come to your chur...

Posted by Thom Rainer | Dec 29, 2025 | Feature

Bible Q&A: Unto us a Child is born

Posted by Bobby Kelly | Dec 25, 2025 | Feature, Theology & History

Sword and Trowel – Christ’s Birth and ...

Posted by Brian Hobbs | Dec 24, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers

First Person – What to know if your Church i...

Posted by Chuck Lawless | Dec 23, 2025 | Feature

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Lifeway Research – 5 Lessons from a Rural Church

by Aaron Earls | Dec 22, 2025 | Feature, Missions & Church

This article was originally written by Aaron Earls and published to LifewayResearch.com. Churches...

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Preaching that Gives Life

by Brett Selby | Dec 20, 2025 | Feature

Life is a gift. We can’t create it; we can only receive it. Life comes to us through God’s power....

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Connect – How to Rejoice in the Hard Seasons

by Todd Fisher | Dec 19, 2025 | Connect, Feature

One of the most striking, and surprising, things about this journey I’m on are the raw, powerful...

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Pastor-in-Focus: Matt Kelley, Pastor at Lawton, Letitia

by Staff | Dec 18, 2025 | Feature, In Focus

LAWTON—It was the Fall Festival at Lawton, Letitia. Kids and parents ran around dressed in...

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Raising Redemption: Boys Ranch Town Leader Helps Troubled Youth through Livestock Program

by Staff | Dec 17, 2025 | Feature, Missions & Church

EDMOND—Just outside of Edmond, nestled next to Arcadia Lake, is the 145-acre Boys Ranch Town...

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OBU Celebrates Winter Commencement; Loughridge Delivers Address

by Bryan Painter | Dec 16, 2025 | Feature

SHAWNEE— Oklahoma Baptist University conferred degrees during Winter Commencement on Dec. 13,...

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Just Joe – A Surprise Visitor

Posted by Joe Ligon | Dec 31, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers

I was born and raised in rural Oklahoma. I have spent my life in what I affectionately call the...

Sword and Trowel – Christ’s Birth and Christmas

by Brian Hobbs | Dec 24, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0
Just Joe – Baptism is a Really Big ‘Dill’

by Joe Ligon | Nov 15, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0
Sword and Trowel – Losing Bets

by Brian Hobbs | Nov 14, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0
Just Joe – All New to Me

by Joe Ligon | Oct 16, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Turning up the temperature: How pastors influence the church’s prayer climate

Posted by Kie Bowman | Nov 21, 2025 | Church Toolbox, Feature

As the spiritual leaders of the local church, pastors can adjust the prayer climate of their...

TOOLBOX – Helping Students (and Adults) Overcome Phone Addiciton

by Staff | Oct 20, 2025 | Church Toolbox, Feature | 0
TOOLBOX – ‘Priority of Leadership’ in September will equip Oklahoma Baptist Pastors, Ministers

by Staff | Aug 22, 2025 | Church Toolbox, Feature | 0
CHURCH TOOLBOX – Keys to Renewing a Declining Church

by Brett Selby | Jun 24, 2025 | Church Toolbox, Feature | 0
Church Toolbox – Christianity No Longer Shrinking in the U.S.

by Aaron Earls | May 21, 2025 | Church Toolbox, Feature | 0

Oklahoma Baptists Equip Churches to Pray for Missionaries

Posted by Staff | Jan 11, 2025 | CP Prayer Focus, Feature

Each year, Oklahoma Baptists produce a Cooperative Program (CP) Missionary Prayer Guide, which...

CP Prayer Focus: Oklahoma Baptists help reach Asian Pacific Rim for the Gospel

by Beverly Cooper | Dec 28, 2023 | CP Prayer Focus, Feature | 0
CP Prayer Focus: Mark and Aimee Phillips share Christ in Madagascar

by Beverly Cooper | Dec 14, 2023 | CP Prayer Focus, Feature | 0
CP Prayer Focus: Ronnie Payne serves Christ through serving Sans Bois Association

by Beverly Cooper | Dec 7, 2023 | CP Prayer Focus, Feature | 0
CP Prayer Focus: Missionaries share Christ in South Asia

by Beverly Cooper | Nov 30, 2023 | CP Prayer Focus, Feature | 0

Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief Respond to Flooding in Alaska

Posted by Staff | Oct 20, 2025 | Disaster Relief, Feature

Anchorage, ALASKA—Earlier this month, the western coast of Alaska was slammed by two different...

DR Assists Flooding Response in Wisconsin

by Staff | Sep 11, 2025 | Disaster Relief, Feature | 0
Remembering Hurricanes Katrina, Rita Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief Response: 20 Years Later

by Bob Nigh | Sep 10, 2025 | Disaster Relief, Feature | 0
Texas Floods: One Month Later, Oklahoma Baptist DR Serves Hundreds in Recovery

by Staff | Aug 5, 2025 | Disaster Relief, Feature | 0
Oklahoma Baptist DR Shares Gospel with Homeowners in Texas During Flooding Response

by Staff | Jul 23, 2025 | Disaster Relief, Feature | 0

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