When ministers of education in Louisiana Baptist churches gathered recently at First Baptist Lafayette for the LBREA annual meeting, they heard from two high-powered guest speakers, elected officers for the next year and enjoyed the hospitality of a Cajun meal provided by the church’s cooks.

The Louisiana College Board of Trustees met on the campus of Louisiana College March 16-17.

More than 200 people prayerwalked on Saturday, March 21, the mile and a half from the Riverfront in downtown Natchitoches to the coliseum at Northwestern State University.

It could be considered a new way to do evangelism.

State Acteens Convention is an overnight event at Tall Timbers Baptist Conference Center for teenage girls in our state.

Hi, my name is Maggie Siler and I’m a junior at Glenbrook School in Minden. I am an Acteen at First Baptist Minden and I have recently returned from the State Acteens Convention at Tall Timbers in Woodworth.

More than 2,900 spiritual decisions were recorded, nearly 2,000 people were treated medically and three churches were built during the 2008 mission trip to Brazil led by Wayne Jenkins. This year is the 25th time Jenkins is taking a mission team to Brazil; he says he is expecting God to once again pour out His blessings.

Across Louisiana, churches, associations and Baptist Collegiate Ministries groups are planning short-term mission trips in the United States and around the world for Spring Break, summer and throughout the rest of the year.

“Yes We Can!” is a day devoted to celebrating the abundant life of special needs families.

With 825 students in attendance Feb. 6-7, the Collegiate Evangelism Conference – CEC – at Calvary Baptist Church in Alexandria increased in number by 200 from last year, reported Janet Williams, administrative assistant with the Louisiana Baptist Convention’s Collegiate Ministry department.

Against the backdrop of financial tumult and political change, the Board of Trustees of the Louisiana Baptist Foundation met in regular session on Jan.30 at the Baptist Building.

It wasn’t that Martha Bailey “found her voice” in the wake of Katrina’s wrath. That’s just when the rest of the state awakened to what the congregation at First Baptist Covington had long known:

When the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) met Jan. 13, members approved the rules and regulations of the Science Education Act, which was made into law last legislative session.

People with an interest in “teaching people to fish” rather than merely providing meals for them are invited to participate in the 2009 annual meeting of the Louisiana Baptist Agricultural Missions Fellowship.