First person: How caddying can offer lessons to ‘second-chair leaders’
June 28, 2024
Luke Francis, executive pastor for First Light Church, shares his love for golf and how caddying can offer leadership lessons.
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Pastor leverages addiction journey for good with ministry now serving churches
June 27, 2024
As 20-year-old Matthias “Matty” Ponce-de-Leon laid tied to a bed in a Mexican sanatorium screaming at the ceiling, you would have a hard time seeing him as a future pastor and founder of a ministry helping those struggling with addictions.
IMB videographer weighs risks, dangers while sharing ‘incredible stories’
June 26, 2024
As a multimedia specialist for the International Mission Board, I get a front row seat to incredible stories of how God is using our missionaries and partners around the world. I get to watch them work to eradicate lostness every day.
‘Wonderkid’ pastor impacting church, community at age 19
June 26, 2024
Graham West, who has been preaching the past two years at churches in the Gasper River Association, said stepping into the role as senior pastor – only two years removed from being a senior in high school – has been an adjustment.
Louisiana church launches 2nd campus with four baptisms
June 25, 2024
Sensing God’s call to plant a church for several years, Bubba Sharpton said it was easy to say “yes” in June 2023 to an invitation to become pastor of a second campus of First Baptist Church, Moss Bluff, Louisiana.
‘Grace of the Lord’: Bivocational pastor on church, pregnancy help ministry as vocation
June 24, 2024
Nick Forsythe has both feet planted in vocational ministry; he just works two jobs.
‘Memory of a lifetime’: Playing catch with baseball legend Willie Mays
June 23, 2024
Mark Tolbert shares his ‘memory of a lifetime,’ playing catch with Willie Mays. Mays passed away June 18 at the age of 93.
First person: Self-absorption results in great loss
June 22, 2024
He preserved his smartphone at all costs, even if it meant potentially ending lives.
Arkansas DR volunteers on-site in Fordyce after shooting
June 21, 2024
Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief chaplains and a quick-response unit deployed to Fordyce, Arkansas, today (June 21) following a shooting at a local grocery store that left 3 dead and 11 wounded.
4 ways your church can determine its ‘reach area’
June 21, 2024
In order for a church to effectively serve their local body of believers, they must know their church reach — the area in which most of their members are concentrated. Here are some ways to define and map your reach area.
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