We often call it a “plateaued church,” and we define it as a church that is neither growing nor declining. Here are some reasons a church gets “stuck” in plateau …
The Mississippi Baptist Convention Board is hosting the annual State Preaching Conference April 15–17, to be held in three locations across the state.
Quintell Hill, a pastor and president of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, will be joining the IMB as African American church mobilization strategist starting April 1.
From sunrise to sundown, Muslims fast from food, drink, smoking and sexual relations during the holy month of Ramadan, which this year lasts from March 11–April 9.
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for March 10, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.
If Southern Baptists believed in the “Hail Mary” pass — that long bomb to the endzone that, if caught, just might save the game — this would be their moment.
Pat Chesnut has been the pastor of Beacon Baptist Church in Barbourville, Kentucky, for a little more than a year but he also has kept the music in him.
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for March 10, written by Mark Rathel, professor at the Baptist College of Florida in Graceville, Florida.
A young man’s decision to follow Christ in baptism became a vivid illustration of the importance of sharing the gospel generationally in both families and churches.
A Christian sentenced to death in one blasphemy case in Pakistan was acquitted on Feb. 20 in another related to the same incident, with the judge citing double jeopardy, his attorney said.
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