Church Life Archives - The Baptist Paper

First person: What congregations should continuously review, refresh

September 28, 2026

First person: 8 areas congregations should continuously review, refresh

Study: Growing number believe truths of Scripture have lost relevance.

September 24, 2026

Churchgoers remain confident in their ability to understand and explain the Bible, but a growing number believe the truths of the Scripture have lost relevance.

Opinion: Are our loved ones looking down from heaven?

September 18, 2026

When someone we love dies, we often hear, “I know they’re looking down on us,” or we see messages posted to them on Facebook as though they can read them from heaven. But how does this line up with Scripture?

First person: What do Christian funerals really communicate?

September 17, 2026

Something isn’t adding up. Nearly every Sunday we sing about heaven. We preach the resurrection. We quote Paul’s words that “to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.” But do we really believe it?

Reaching, teaching next generation demands new skills

September 16, 2026

“I exhort teachers of children also to open ‘real’ Bibles and read God’s word together with boys and girls. This is a unique and life-changing experience.”

First person: Thinking about quitting ministry? Do this first.

September 16, 2026

Some days in ministry are really hard. God’s people can be troublesome, and few seem to understand the weight that pastors and church staff carry on their shoulders.

First person: Why I hate drywall and why you should too

September 15, 2026

Standing around with pastors during a break at an associational pastor’s conference, one pastor lamented that his church had stopped growing. When I asked why, he said his building could only hold so many people. When I asked him why a little thing like drywall would prohibit growth, it was like scales fell off his eyes.