Longtime Tennessee Baptist editor Lonnie Wilkey shares how methods in publishing have changed, but the role of state papers remains important.
“There is a commonness to the calling of ministry that helps ministry wives to connect with each other even if you don’t know each other, even if you’ve never met,” Heather Johnson said.
New strategy launched in Alabama seeks to be a “game changer” for churches, many of which are congregations that average less than 75 in worship and are seeking bivocational pastors.
Newly branded this year as “Amplify,” the retreat sought to continue delivering “same richness” of teaching, worship, fellowship and competition as in years past, noted the Baptist Resource Network of Pennsylvania/South Jersey.
Maine pastor Joshua Presley has been named the new associate executive director of the Baptist Churches of New England.
More than 200 representatives of New England Baptist churches, mission partners from Southern Baptist entities, and interested guests were enthusiastic about multiplication when they gathered
Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, First Baptist Church leaders felt it was a good time to alter its tradition. “We decided to take our fall festival on the road,” said Craig Mintz, a pastor at FBC Sevierville, Tennessee.
Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting soundly defeated a motion affirming the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message, the Southern Baptist Convention statement of faith that limits the role of pastor to men.
The 2024 annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia closed with a time of remembrance, worship and challenge, as BGAV Executive Director Wayne Faison spoke on the meeting’s theme of “Free Indeed.”
Messengers to the Baptist General Association of Virginia’s annual meeting at FBC Alexandria approved its budget for 2025, elected officers and approved several other items for the upcoming year during the Nov. 13 morning business session.
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