By meeting the physical needs of spring breakers — providing food and transportation — BeachReachers are able to share the love of God in the midst of brokenness among students’ lives at Panama City Beach.
When Central Church decided to minister to youth in Augusta, the capital of Maine, during the winter school break, they chose what some would consider an unconventional approach.
“Along the way, my mom had some pretty tough rules that have mostly fallen out of fashion since those days. But after a few decades, I wonder if they weren’t so bad.”
While the Southern Baptist Convention’s Annual Church Profile has shown a surge in baptisms and rising attendance, the SBC’s 18-year membership slide continued in 2024.
“The Lord woke me up in the middle of the night and I sat up in the bed, wide awake, ” said Mike Dawson, who retired from full-time ministry in 2005 after 52 years.
As a pastor as well as a law enforcement officer, Randle Record has seen the plague of pornography and screen-time addiction impacting people of all backgrounds.
At the start of this school year, the Baptist Campus Ministry (BCM) at Northern Kentucky University (NKU) launched “Fireteams,” small groups focused on helping young men find freedom and forgiveness from the addictive sin of pornography.
The Georgia Baptist Mission Board is launching a new round of Public Affairs Training events this month, designed to equip pastors and church members with the tools and insights they need to effectively engage in today’s landscape.
We tend to jump to, “Let’s go overseas,” instead of going across the street to talk to your neighbors. I think every church has to ask, “God, how can we serve for Your glory, at the size that we are, to the community You planted us in?”
Living less than a mile from the church, Charlie and his wife Teresa decided to attend one Sunday. The couple wasn’t unfamiliar with Wildwood. What they found was a congregation of just 25 people, nearly all over age 70.
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