While there are many steps to revitalizing a church, Mark Clifton shared four that are especially important: prayer, discipleship, community engagement and preaching Jesus.
“In the last three years, the shift has been staggering: 435,000 lost in 2020; 410,000 in 2021; and then 484,000 in 2022. In total, the [Southern Baptist Convention] has lost more than 1.3 million people in just three years.”
In Texas 2030, Tom Howe outlined projected trends for population growth and demographic change that have important – and perhaps jarring – implications for Texas
For pastors and ministry leaders, there are certain realities they must accept and be prepared for, said Mark Clifton, senior director of replanting for the
Southern Baptists and the North American Mission Board had a record-setting church planting year in 2022 as Send Network entered its next phase of ministry