Church planting was part of NewBranch Community Church’s vision from the beginning, says Teaching Pastor Ken Rucker. The question for this Georgia church, which began gathering in 2008, had always been, “When’s the right time to plant?”
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for June 30, written by Mark Rathel, professor at the Baptist College of Florida in Graceville, Florida.
Nick Forsythe has both feet planted in vocational ministry; he just works two jobs.
Mark Tolbert shares his ‘memory of a lifetime,’ playing catch with Willie Mays. Mays passed away June 18 at the age of 93.
He preserved his smartphone at all costs, even if it meant potentially ending lives.
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.
For the first time, the Multicultural Ministries Department of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board will manage a booth at the 74th annual Choctaw Indian Fair, July 10–13.
As I made the nine-hour trek from Pennsylvania to Indianapolis for the 2024 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, I never could have imagined what a dynamic learning experience it would turn out to be.
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.
“No, no, no. Not him!” was my first thought when I heard the tragic story. It was one of my close pastor friends who was terminated from a church. I couldn’t believe the news. “Why, God? Why?”
