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First person: Who is your ministry’s chief storyteller?
Walk into almost any church or ministry office, and you’ll find someone responsible for communication. They’re managing the website, posting on social media, preparing Sunday announcements, and making sure the bulletin gets printed.

Counting baptisms — it is not as simple as it sounds
Research Insight Two: In a Baptist congregation, the reasons people get baptized are more varied than you might think. It is more than just a testimony from new Christians.

Baseball and missions go hand in hand for this pastor
Baseball has been an integral part of Bill Cashion ever since he was a little boy growing up in the mill village of Slater, South Carolina.

ICYMI: Youngest adults outpace parents’ generation in worship attendance, report says
Amid anecdotal claims of a Gen Z religious revival, religion data analysts have been working over the last year to

Padgett’s submission to songwriter project flowed naturally
Some songs take Jay Padgett hours of painstaking work. Others flow like a river.

Closer look: Why are more adults cutting ties with family?
A generation ago, parental estrangement was rarely spoken of. Today, it has its own hashtag.

Five men sentenced to death for killing evangelists in Uganda
A judge in Uganda this month sentenced five Muslims to death for killing two Christian evangelists in 2024, sources said.

From darkness to light: Women’s ministry director shares journey to healing, ministry
Coral Hanson’s husband passed away five years ago from a stroke. “It was during COVID,” she said. “I was sitting
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Pastors urged to own their sermons, avoid entering personal details in public AI tools
Pastors who use artificial intelligence to prepare sermons and Bible studies must take full ownership of what they preach, an Indian AI specialist told church leaders.

Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for Nov. 1
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for Nov. 1, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.

Closer look: Why are more adults cutting ties with family?
A generation ago, parental estrangement was rarely spoken of. Today, it has its own hashtag.

Are you ‘maxxing’ life to the fullest? Dictionary.com’s 2026 Word of the Year
“Used on its own or attached to almost anything else, maxxing can be earnest, aspirational or mocking. It captures the very 2026 urge to keep pushing harder while also giving us a way to poke fun at ourselves when optimizing our lives starts to feel absurd.” —Dictionary.com

Explore the Bible Sunday School Lesson for Nov. 1
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for Nov. 1, written by Don Fugate, senior pastor of Foxworthy Baptist Church in San Jose, California.

Youngest adults outpace parents’ generation in worship attendance, report says
Amid anecdotal claims of a Gen Z religious revival, religion data analysts have been working over the last year to

Review: ‘Daniel and the Fiery Furnace’ takes ‘jarring’ detour, but ultimately points to Christ
“Daniel and the Fiery Furnace” won’t go down as one of my favorite biblical adaptations, but there are a lot of

Equipping churches to reach Deaf people with gospel
Dana Tarter summed up one of the challenges churches face in reaching Deaf people with the gospel in three words.
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Baseball and missions go hand in hand for this pastor
Baseball has been an integral part of Bill Cashion ever since he was a little boy growing up in the mill village of Slater, South Carolina.

ICYMI: Youngest adults outpace parents’ generation in worship attendance, report says
Amid anecdotal claims of a Gen Z religious revival, religion data analysts have been working over the last year to

Padgett’s submission to songwriter project flowed naturally
Some songs take Jay Padgett hours of painstaking work. Others flow like a river.

Closer look: Why are more adults cutting ties with family?
A generation ago, parental estrangement was rarely spoken of. Today, it has its own hashtag.

Baseball and missions go hand in hand for this pastor
Baseball has been an integral part of Bill Cashion ever since he was a little boy growing up in the mill village of Slater, South Carolina.

ICYMI: Youngest adults outpace parents’ generation in worship attendance, report says
Amid anecdotal claims of a Gen Z religious revival, religion data analysts have been working over the last year to

Padgett’s submission to songwriter project flowed naturally
Some songs take Jay Padgett hours of painstaking work. Others flow like a river.

Closer look: Why are more adults cutting ties with family?
A generation ago, parental estrangement was rarely spoken of. Today, it has its own hashtag.







