Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for May 4, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.
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?”
Over a three-week period last month, Tennessee BCM groups joined 47 other campus-based/church-based college ministries from across the U.S. to have a kingdom impact on their generation through BeachReach.
Church planting is not a one-size-fits-all process — neither is training church planters.
People aren’t lining up to be missionaries in Ukraine right now, as Lamar Schubert has discovered. He and his wife Aubrey work with Slavic people and Eastern European churches, but they had to evacuate Ukraine when war began …
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.
For Liberty, Texas – population 8,774 – GO TELL SETX was a once in a generation, community wide, interdenominational evangelistic outreach that enabled local churches to gather thousands at the local football stadium.
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is mourning the loss of Keith Harper, retired senior professor of Baptist studies. Following a battle with lung cancer this past year, Harper passed away on April 23.
Trustee Chair Randall Richardson called the development “cautiously optimistic,” emphasizing it’s only a possibility for now. The board is expected to reconvene by April 29.
A Christian accused of writing blasphemous content that sparked violent riots in Jaranwala, Pakistan in August 2023 was sentenced to death along with other harsh penalties on Good Friday (April 18).
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