Abby Hostetler and Mark Wisler, student leaders in the Baptist Campus Ministry at Eastern Kentucky University, returned last week from their final Beach Reach in
Demographic shifts and the decline of long-established congregations are increasing the need for new churches — and for efforts to revive those that are struggling.
While many college students head to the beach for spring break in search of parties and fleeting fun, others are pursuing something far more lasting.
While some churches are moving away from traditional revival meetings, Hartford Baptist Church is rejoicing after a three-day revival where the altar was packed each evening.
Cooperation has long been a defining mark of Southern Baptist churches. Together, churches can accomplish far more than they can alone.
Child Evangelism Fellow (CEF) has expanded in northern Kentucky thanks to partnerships with Kentucky Baptist churches, according to the program’s regional director.
“Just War Theory is one of those issues kind of at a macro level where we think about how Christianity really has been the moral backbone of the western order.”
The aging faithful within our congregations are a blessing and an essential resource that is too often overlooked. However, it is also true that within a few decades, much of this cohort will have entered eternity. If Ryan Burge’s chart is correct, there will not be enough GenXers, Millennials and Zoomers to sustain many of these denominations.
A dozen more fully funded missionaries could be sent to the nations if messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention approve the Executive Committee’s 2026–27 budget
MinistrySafe, which equips churches and ministry programs to better protect children from sexual abuse, is offering a free once-a-month webinar series starting Feb. 26.
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