Sensing God’s call to plant a church for several years, Bubba Sharpton said it was easy to say “yes” in June 2023 to an invitation to become pastor of a second campus of First Baptist Church, Moss Bluff, Louisiana.
Church planting was part of NewBranch Community Church’s vision from the beginning, says Teaching Pastor Ken Rucker. The question for this Georgia church, which began gathering in 2008, had always been, “When’s the right time to plant?”
Nick Forsythe has both feet planted in vocational ministry; he just works two jobs.
Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief chaplains and a quick-response unit deployed to Fordyce, Arkansas, today (June 21) following a shooting at a local grocery store that left 3 dead and 11 wounded.
For the first time, the Multicultural Ministries Department of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board will manage a booth at the 74th annual Choctaw Indian Fair, July 10–13.
As I made the nine-hour trek from Pennsylvania to Indianapolis for the 2024 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, I never could have imagined what a dynamic learning experience it would turn out to be.
“It’s the biggest thing we’ve ever seen,” said Todd Sullens, pastor of First Baptist Church, Ruidoso, reported the Baptist New Mexican.
Nathan Harden felt called by the Lord to move out west and start a ministry of construction — construction and repairs on churches and pastors’ homes. He is still working in that field today, and he will until he feels called to change.
As the shock of the fire is beginning to wear off, pastor Brandon Christian noted that everyone is now realizing “God had been working when we didn’t even realize it. He has opened up doors for us to grow, both spiritually and numerically.”
South Carolina’s Singing Churchmen made a trip in April to Puerto Rico to partner with local congregation Iglesia Bautista Logos to host Logos Baptist Academy music camp.
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