
Idaho pastor’s wife charts new course with writing ministry
JoEllen Claypool had no idea a simple request from her mom to write holiday poems for a cookie party would spark a writing ministry that would change her life.
JoEllen Claypool had no idea a simple request from her mom to write holiday poems for a cookie party would spark a writing ministry that would change her life.
“The hope for this event is that pastors and their wives know they are appreciated for the work they do serving churches across our two states.”
Messengers attending the Northwest Baptist Convention’s 75th annual meeting welcomed 14 churches into the three-state network, adopted a $3,900,000 budget for 2023, approved a $150,000
As fall fast approaches, so does this year’s slate of state Baptist annual meetings. With budget reports, officer elections, ministry updates, resolutions, motions on various
Women from churches across Oregon, Washington and north Idaho recently joined one another for the first in-person Northwest Women’s Summit in three years. Gathering around
From fall of 2020 through the end of 2021, pastors and ministry leaders across the Northwest Baptist Convention started 29 new congregations in the form
Church planter Anders Snyder says persevering in prayer for Nampa, Idaho, takes patience. When he and his wife, Jessica, arrived in Nampa a little over
From the time he was a teenager, Min Lee wanted to be a missionary. Lee, who grew up in a Korean American Christian family, said
Ben Harris couldn’t fathom God would use him for much — let alone to plant a church. He grew up in a Christian home, but
Rob Lee first came to the state of Utah as a missionary with the Home Mission Board, now the North American Mission Board in 1987.