Several Arkansas Baptists recently gathered at the Northwest Arkansas Ministry Center in Rogers for the Arkansas Baptist State Convention’s regional Prepare and Protect Training.
A small, rural church in lower South Carolina seeks to make a huge impact on mission mobilization.
“I think we did what we were supposed to do, nothing spectacular, but what I think Jesus would have done. I have spoken to pastors and told them ministry is dirty. If you’re doing it right, it’s dirty,” said the church pastor.
Nearly 800 people recently gathered in Augusta for hands-on ministry that included renovating schools and churches, building a playground, providing free dental care, throwing block parties and more.
“When the invitation began,” one pastor noted, “and I began to see people raising their hands, then responding, it was an answered prayer. I think the most surprising thing was the number of students in the choir who responded!”
Two Hispanic Leadership Workshops in New Mexico recently provided training for 105 pastors and church leaders.
Barna Group reported 58% of Christians spend uninterrupted time with God and that 57 percent find time to regularly read their Bibles. But, when it comes to discipleship activities, 39 percent of Christians are not involved …
In many parts of Illinois, there are pastors who have stayed in their churches for 15, maybe 20 years. And some longer than that, like maybe 25. But few have stayed 60 years.
“Part of being a replant is starting everything from scratch,” Wyoming pastor says. “I didn’t realize that I might be a project manager as well as a pastor. It seems that way sometimes.”
Georgia Baptists are heading into a pair of evangelism conferences with a full head of steam, having seen a 30% increase in baptisms over the past year and more than 92% increase since 2020.
