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First person: Why people really pick a church

August 7, 2025

Pastors, your community is full of people quietly searching for a church home. But not everyone is looking for the same reason.

‘Reach the community’: WMU serves families with back-to-school block party

August 6, 2025

Texas WMU and the ministry partners responded to the need in Brownsville, where the poverty rate of 24.9 percent is more than double the national average.

Trailer with purpose: Baptist association equips churches for outreach

August 5, 2025

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.

Engaging the lost years of congregations

August 4, 2025

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.

Georgia Baptists give Bibles to high school seniors

August 4, 2025

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.

Missionary shares gospel through storytelling in North Africa

August 3, 2025

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.

First person: 10 signs that ministry may be your idol

August 2, 2025

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.