In the fall of 2021, Neill’s Creek Baptist Church in Angier afforded me a 12-week sabbatical. This provision was included in the covenant when I was called as senior pastor in February of 2011.
Discussing some of my leadership shortcomings with a colleague reminded me of a common mistake often made during leadership transition.
Few today recognize the impact “singing schools,” which used “shape-notes” to teach music, has had on American worship. This music, which is associated with the tradition of “Sacred Harp Singing,” enhanced worship across the nation.
“Ministry on Baylor’s campus is growing. It’s growing through the BSM and through the unity of the local churches,” Will Bowden, director of Baylor University’s Baptist Student Ministry, said.
As rapid advances in artificial intelligence continue to be developed, the Barna Group has released a new report…
Lloyd Elder died Nov. 3 after a lengthy illness. Southern Baptists lost a statesman — and bivocational and small church pastors across the denomination lost a friend.
Jeremy Hamson, pastor of Belle Rive Missionary Baptist Church, was named 2023 Bivocational Pastor of the Year at the Illinois Baptist State Association Pastors Conference Nov. 7.
Barry Lee, pastor of Rolling Hills Baptist Church Carriere, Mississippi, was honored as Mississippi Baptists’ 2023 Bivocational Pastor of the Year during the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board’s annual meeting.
In a historic vote, messengers to the Baptist State Convention of NC’s annual meeting approved a 2024 budget on Nov. 7 that calls for Cooperative Program receipts to be divided equally between the state and national SBC ministry causes.
When churchgoers find a new congregation, most say their reasons for change had a little to do with both their old and new churches.
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