Each year, thousands of children gather at church for Vacation Bible School. Read this former IMB missionary kid’s experience with VBS overseas and how she was transformed by Christ through the work of faithful VBS teachers.
On June 16, Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church — affectionately known to its members as The Rock — will celebrate 160 years of faithful Christian service and ministry.
After a tornado ripped through Sanderson, pastor Mike Ellis said residents of the small West Texas town did what they typically do. It was neighbors helping neighbors,” said pastor Mike Ellis of First Baptist Church Sanderson, Texas.
Wayne Vandiver retired from Baptist Student Union ministry after 40 years of service. To this day, Vandiver still has students from throughout all his years calling him because, as they note, “he’s still our BSU director.”
Daniel Nieto declared himself a devout atheist at age 15, and he often sought to affirm his beliefs watching atheist debaters dismantle weak gospel arguments. But things changed when he discovered to apologetics work of Eric Hernandez.
The cause of death has been announced for Mandisa, Grammy award-winning Christian music star who died unexpectedly April 18.
After a major hospital closure in Atlanta, nonprofit health care providers had to step up, and they have been working to provide care for many who are under-insured and low-income.
Terry Robertson, executive director/treasurer of the Baptist Convention of New York, announced his retirement June 4 after 20 years of service.
George Yates, interim pastor at Glasgow Baptist Church, experienced a “God moment” in mid-April when Ling Zheng, a Mandarin-speaking man known as Leo, expressed his desire to be baptized.
“I have never done a job like this before — quite unique in just one wall being sucked off and the structure still standing,” said Mike Pickel of Crestview Baptist Church in Georgetown, Texas.
