“‘What does the future look like?’ … I feel like (this) is the hardest question to answer,” said Rocky Komatsu, pastor of Waiehu Community Church. “Yet, I think if we’re totally honest the answer is, ‘We have no idea.’”
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom added Azerbaijan to its list of 17 “worst of the worst” violators of freedom of religion or belief in 2023.
National and state Southern Baptist leaders are calling for believers to pray, individually or corporately, on that day.
“We are called to be faithful to what He’s called us to do in our specific church with our specific people in our specific place with a specific gift or a specific purpose,” said Christine Hoover during one of three main sessions.
Southern Baptist volunteers with Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief have been called into action in the immediate aftermath of the deadly tornado outbreak in Oklahoma on April 27.
Mississippi College professor Wayne VanHorn, who teaches Christian studies, believes in personal conviction before preaching to others, reflecting on what God is teaching him as he prepares sermons.
“We were just laymen helping to start a church in Franklin, Tennessee, when Gabe Norris and I realized just how hard it is for the Church in America to meet new people,” said Ken “KT” Thomas, president and co-founder of Connect Ministries.
These women, ranging from 22 to nearly 80 years old, were waiting for baptism at the Mississippi Correctional Institute for Women. They had been attending church, hearing God’s Word, and learning how to follow Jesus …
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The one-day workshop for women’s ministry leaders in the state offered a time of networking, training and friendship development for women serving in the local church.
