A Southern Baptist policy manager will headline a new series of webinars from the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, offered by its Christian Life Committee.
Making space for trash? Sure, that can be a need. But there’s a vastly different kind of need for making a vastly different kind of space. It’s making head space and heart space. Life space, really.
Ministry leaders and women churchgoers believe ministry to women is working in their congregations, but both feel there’s room for improvement.
Dan Summerlin, who retired after serving at churches small and large in a 40-year career, said young men considering the call to ministry would be wise to prepare for bivocational ministry.
For the past six years, FBC Burleson has been helping the next generation to discern God’s call and providing a space for them to grow in their chosen field.
A pastor should have a social media presence. Why? Because the vast majority of people are present on social media platforms. Almost 24/7. They need a pastor too.
“Almost everyone wants to know what the most valuable thing at the fair could possibly be. They all expressed a desire to look into the box,” said Wayne Jenkins, Western Baptist associational missionary.
You may read the headline and automatically assume I am opposed to churches paying tribute to their ministers. Nothing could be further from the truth.
When Tom Stolle’s sister-in-law suggested that he and his wife have their son, Jimmy, tested for autism, Stolle recalls, “I didn’t receive the news very well.”
“The bad news is that most churches continue to feel pain and discomfort from current economic realities,” said Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research, on economy.
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