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.
Marcus Redding, a longtime pastor and ministry leader in North Carolina, died May 30 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. During the past seven years, Redding has served as the NAMB’s director of supporting churches. He was 58.
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief constructs apartment for elderly man, who lost his home in a wildfire.
