Pastor Mike Hammonds of First Baptist Church Sunbright, Tennessee, was on his way to Big Emory Baptist Association in Harriman on April 2 to teach a course when he received a call from his wife informing him a tornado had just hit …
As the wreckage is cleared from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, Baptist leaders in the area say their city needs prayers to pick up the pieces.
Serving the local church, or any type of ministry, can become a grind if you don’t adopt some strategies to deal with stress. Here are some essential things I have found to be helpful for reducing my stress as a pastor …
Whether you post an announcement about a schedule change, broadcast a debatable opinion or share results from an outreach activity, it’s essential to understand the pros and cons of church social media to use it wisely.
Mulberry Springs Baptist Church, about 15 miles northeast of Longview, doesn’t see a lot of traffic on a typical day. Yet the rural congregation — founded in 1892 — is building a new worship space to seat nearly 800 people.
Always a nervous flyer, I prayed off and on for a few weeks before I left. But on the plane, with every bump or ding of the seatbelt sign my silent prayers took on a more frenzied pace.
Some days June Estes pinches herself to make sure she isn’t dreaming. As an International Mission Board missionary explorer, she experiences a lot of things she never imagined doing in her lifetime.
“Iron sharpening iron is our goal,” said Jason Snellen. “That’s how we want to live.”
In our noisy world where there are lots of choices to make, with many places of decision, the church needs to be clear about options and very specific with direction.
Religious churn has been a key fixture of U.S. religion for a long time, but a new survey of changes in American religion finds that motion is not so much a swirling but a one-way stream heading out.
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