As 20-year-old Matthias “Matty” Ponce-de-Leon laid tied to a bed in a Mexican sanatorium screaming at the ceiling, you would have a hard time seeing him as a future pastor and founder of a ministry helping those struggling with addictions.
As a multimedia specialist for the International Mission Board, I get a front row seat to incredible stories of how God is using our missionaries and partners around the world. I get to watch them work to eradicate lostness every day.
Graham West, who has been preaching the past two years at churches in the Gasper River Association, said stepping into the role as senior pastor – only two years removed from being a senior in high school – has been an adjustment.
Sensing God’s call to plant a church for several years, Bubba Sharpton said it was easy to say “yes” in June 2023 to an invitation to become pastor of a second campus of First Baptist Church, Moss Bluff, Louisiana.
Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief chaplains and a quick-response unit deployed to Fordyce, Arkansas, today (June 21) following a shooting at a local grocery store that left 3 dead and 11 wounded.
In order for a church to effectively serve their local body of believers, they must know their church reach — the area in which most of their members are concentrated. Here are some ways to define and map your reach area.
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