Religious Americans are continuing to give to their houses of worship and other causes with money and in-kind donations despite rising costs for daily living, a new report shows.
Church planting workshops conducted at four locations this week emphasized that every Kentucky Baptist church can be involved in multiplying disciples, leaders and churches.
Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists attacked villages in Plateau state, Nigeria at about 12:30 a.m. today (Jan. 24), killing at least 25 Christians, following the deaths of six others last week, Morning Star News reported.
A 20-year partnership between the International Mission Board and Fusion, a missions program from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Spurgeon College in Kansas City, Missouri, has helped students live a missional life.
“Just like there’s many differences among religious people, turns out there are many differences among non-religious people, too,” said John Green, professor emeritus of political science at The University of Akron.
“I’ve seen season after season how the Lord shows up for me when I don’t know what’s best,” said multiplatinum singer-songwriter Mack Brock.
“We are getting settled and becoming a part of the fabric of our community. We’ve been building a core group, developing friendships and meeting lots of people,” said church planter Robby Pitt.
With far fewer churches gathering in person, Southern Baptist congregations didn’t do much baptizing during the pandemic. Those numbers have increased in recent years, but the overall decline within the Convention continues.
The governor of Kaduna State, Nigeria, met with church leaders after the pace of terrorist killings since September increased in a Christian area, including 25 people slain in the first two weeks of January, sources said.
Search team chair Neal Hughes announced the latest development Tuesday (Jan. 23) to EC members. The news of a potential candidate was announced Jan. 8 and was expected to be voted on at the EC’s upcoming meeting in Nashville (Feb. 19–20).
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