In recent decades the focus in the church has shifted away from intentional efforts to invite believers to consider vocational ministry as a calling. As a result, there’s a leadership famine in our local churches.
“This isn’t a photo from a concert or a party,” the governor wrote about the evangelistic event. “This is from a revival event that happened a few nights ago right here in Mississippi. God is working here, and He has truly blessed us!”
“We continue to lift up our brothers and sister in the Lewiston area in prayer … We are in contact with trained chaplains and will deploy them if requested,” said Terry W. Dorsett, executive director of Baptist Churches of New England.
As it continues to grow, the church — which currently meets in the building of the Arkansas Baptist Children & Family Ministries — is on the search for its own space.
Most of us wait until someone comes to us with questions about a potential ministry call — and, certainly we must minister to them where they are — yet, with that approach we miss the opportunity to challenge others to consider a call.
The killers of three people this week in western Uganda accused them of supporting Christian work, and an evangelist in Kampala was beaten unconscious …
Search team seeking next SBC Executive Committee president and CEO pleased with current pool of candidates.
Several years ago, I stumbled while walking down the steps from my office on the second floor of my house. I was looking down and reading a paper I was holding. My feet got tangled, and I fell down the last seven steps.
Rick Gage, head of GO TELL Ministries, said more than 2,000 people made decisions for Christ during the crusade in Mississippi. Of those, 1,354 made salvation decisions.
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.
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