Interim role offers niche ministry for ‘old-school preacher’
June 17, 2025
Steve Ellis, who is 70, has held five interim assignments since 2018 and has preached in more than 80 different churches.
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First person: A critical ministry role some may overlook
June 17, 2025
Sound engineers? Your role is far more critical than audio levels, EQ and running a sound board.
Pew report shows Catholicism’s roots, challenges in American life
June 17, 2025
While reporting relatively low levels of attendance at Mass, almost half of U.S. adults (47%) say they have a personal or family relationship to Catholicism, a new Pew Research Center survey finds.
Supreme Court to hear case involving pregnancy center, free speech
June 17, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin. The case spotlights a New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center fighting a state subpoena it says infringes on its First Amendment rights.
GCR Task Force files unsealed, available for review (part 1)
June 16, 2025
The audio files from the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force’s 10 months of work in 2009 and 2010 were sealed for 15 years, the agreed-upon time by the group. The collection is housed in the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives and consists of 57 compact discs and very few paper documents.
Christian falsely charged with blasphemy in Pakistan is acquitted
June 16, 2025
A judge in Pakistan on June 12 acquitted a Christian of blasphemy and terrorism charges after the prosecution failed to prove its case against him,
Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for June 22
June 16, 2025
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for June 29, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.
Study: Nearly half of churchgoers attend more than one church
June 16, 2025
Researchers for the multiyear Hartford Institute for Religion Research study found that 46% of some 24,000 churchgoers responding to their survey reported active engagement with more than one church.
Explore the Bible Sunday School Lesson for June 22
June 16, 2025
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for June 22, written by Mark Rathel, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
Serving one county’s underserved
June 16, 2025
“We firmly believe that the mission that shines the furthest out, must shine brightest at home,” said pastor Gannon Richesin.
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