First person: Finding hope amid the pain
July 24, 2025
After a painful experience, hope often feels fragile. I have learned to allow joy to begin in small moments. It might be a bird singing
Baptist Churches of New England
Church’s karate camp teaches life lessons in unconventional ways
May 2, 2025
When Central Church decided to minister to youth in Augusta, the capital of Maine, during the winter school break, they chose what some would consider an unconventional approach.
Massachusetts pastor’s push against tide of ‘dechurching’
March 11, 2025
Over forty million people have left the church in the past twenty-five years in the United States—not merely the people who have walked away from Christian faith, but many Christians who have “dechurched.”
New England Baptists practice ‘reverse missions’ with Portugal
February 28, 2025
“It’s not reverse mission if you just stay in your own church,” noted Lierte Soares Jr. “New England Baptists are going to Europe because we have a sense of gratitude that Europeans brought the gospel to us.”
Massachusetts church joins BCNE, develops intercultural ministry
February 11, 2025
A South Carolinian became pastor of a struggling Massachusetts congregation and was invited to merge it with Hope Community Church, the BCNE-affiliated fellowship he planted in 2017.
Immigrant Brazilian congregation thriving after joining Boston church network
February 4, 2025
“They had gone through a tough situation; the pastor left … and they asked me what they should do. We asked for wisdom from above,” said Joe Souza, BCNE’s Boston area regional coordinator and immigrant ministry leader.
New England pastors assess ‘state of Christianity’ in Europe
January 9, 2025
Ten New England pastors recently went on a mission-focused “vision tour” of the UK and Ireland, led by Sam Taylor of the Baptist Churches of New England (BCNE).
‘More people need Jesus’: BCNE annual meeting emphasizes multiplication for growing churches
November 14, 2024
More than 200 representatives of New England Baptist churches, mission partners from Southern Baptist entities, and interested guests were enthusiastic about multiplication when they gathered
Rural Vermont pastor shares lessons after decades of ministry
October 7, 2024
The difficult lessons that David Scott Lee has learned along the road to becoming a faithful pastor in rural Vermont for two decades began when, as a teenager, he realized something important …
First person: Jesus versus the Church?
August 6, 2024
“The current trend of setting Jesus against the church says nothing about Jesus and a lot about the state of Christianity today. It lacks biblical literacy,” writes Rick Harrington.
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