Over forty million people have left the church in the past twenty-five years in the United States—not merely the people who have walked away from Christian faith, but many Christians who have “dechurched.”
The longest serving Baptist editor of the 19th century, S.H. Ford, had an amazing life. Ford’s Christian Repository had a strong influence on American Baptists.
The events of the day created an increased urgency for evangelism, an invitation, and a salvation that only God could orchestrate, said Lead Pastor Russ Harbin.
“Complete strangers coming in and doing what they can is amazing,” Justice said. “Christ gave it all to us. I was so overwhelmed I don’t know where to start.”
The packaging of Kingdom Baits contains a barcode link where Blank hopes to host a series of short, daily devotionals for fishermen and women to discuss while they’re out fishing.
Kentucky Today, news service of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, is launching a new podcast designed to give readers more insight into the stories that are published.
“It really gets to me when I tell people we’re from Flint,” Leo Robinson says, “They’ll say, ‘Oh, you must hate it there,’ or ‘You must not be able to leave.’ People always have something negative to say.”
It was early October, just days after Hurricane Helene produced thousand-year flood events and ravaged North Carolina’s mountainous western region.
Randy Covington has resigned as executive director and treasurer of the Alaska Baptist Resource Network after apologizing for comments made regarding the SBC’s decision to deem his home church not in friendly cooperation with Convention.
“In essence, the executive pastor works alongside the senior pastor to free him of many of the daily tasks and decisions so he is free to pray, study, preach and lead.”
