Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for December 15, written by Mark Rathel, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
Church communication expert Mark MacDonald shares why bringing outside expertise into your church is a secret weapon for church growth.
Adam Dooley shares the dangers of “false positives.” “Unfortunately, American Christianity has its share of false positives,” he writes.
Randy Davis, executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, shares thoughts on the significance of celebrating 150 years of the Tennessee Baptist Convention and the 100th anniversary of the SBC’s Cooperative Program.
In January, around 4,000 ministry leaders and volunteers will gather in Nashville, Tennessee, Houston and Fort Worth, Texas, and Ridgecrest, North Carolina, for Lifeway’s annual Vacation Bible School Preview events.
As of July 2022, Secret Safe Place for Newborns of Tennessee says more than 100 babies have been surrendered to facilities in Tennessee since the law was enacted, the Knoxville News-Sentinel reported.
“Pat’s Saturday Sew Day” is the Grover Park Baptist Church quilt ministry in Warrensburg, Missouri, and in less than two years, it has given away 277 quilts and counting.
Six families in Greene County whose homes were heavily damaged and their lives were disrupted by Hurricane Helene were back in their homes on Thanksgiving
Joy Fenner, a Baptist missionary, Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas leader and the first woman elected as president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, died Nov. 29 in Dallas. She was 89.
Tennessee Baptist Convention churches provided a record 7,540 Christmas Backpacks this year, surpassing the ministry’s goal of 7,000 backpacks.
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