Ten years ago, I was visiting Shelter Yetu, an orphanage in Naivasha, Kenya. A young boy stood alone at the chalkboard, wiping away the day’s lessons
A few years ago Nigerian Baptist leaders welcomed me at the airport with these words: “Thank you for sending Thomas Jefferson Bowen to bring us
Pastoral transitions happen. Life happens. And sometimes pastors need to move on. If not, in time, our mortality will force a transition! Those can be
As I’m writing this, it has been almost one week since an EF3 tornado made its 31-mile trek through central Arkansas and another one in
The dark and evil act which took place at Covenant School in Nashville on March 27 has weighed on many of us with especially deep
I fear that many churches plan for weeks (or months) for Easter weekend, but then pray for only minutes over the weekend’s events. To counter
Young American adults are eschewing marriage at alarming rates. A recent report in World included this Census Bureau generated data: only 25% of adults ages 18–34
I was reared in a good ole country church called Six Mile Baptist. You have seen churches just like it: gravel driveway and parking lot,
I could list all kinds of reasons why evangelism is difficult. It can be frightening to try to speak truth into someone else’s life. We
Camp is a mountain top experience, a real spiritual marker in the lives of many campers who attend. Here’s what group leaders and campers have
