While churches often rely on shared resources for ministry, one Southern Baptist association in southwest Missouri found a way to turn a donated travel trailer into a block party trailer — designed to help churches reach their communities.
Interventions may occur during pastor transitions, strategic planning efforts or the construction of a new building. Otherwise, the underlying, less visible issues of the life cycle of congregations are ineffectively addressed.
The Bibles, provided by The Gideons International, featured the school colors, and the gift bags were packed by the church youth groups. The bags included cookies, crackers, candy and messages such as “Jesus Loves You” written on them.
Now an International Mission Board (IMB) representative back on stateside herself, Dr. Claire shared her story in a series of three Connection Meetings hosted by the Missions Mobilization department.
I started full-time ministry at 20 years old, and I quickly grew enamored with the excitement and the perceived prestige of ministry. I would never have admitted it then, but I made ministry my idol – and I confess that I still run that risk this many years later.
A team from The Baptist Paper, a sister publication to The Alabama Baptist and part of TAB Media Group, continues its review of the audio files from the 2009–2010 meetings of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force.
Weeks after the deadly July 4 Guadalupe River flood, its survivors still live with memories of danger, fear, confusion, loss—and faith. Will and Ann Britt awoke that morning just in time.
Brent Leatherwood has resigned as president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, concluding nearly nine years of service.
In its 15th year, Camp Fusion, a Texas Baptists camp, gives Asian and African teenagers from 6th through 12th grade a chance to embrace their unique cultural experience and the truth about what God has to say about them.
When a Christian studies church history, they are uncovering the Christian generations that came before them so they can answer the questions concerning their identity and their foundation.
