Zach Lloyd, pastor of Lafollette Baptist Church in Tennessee, was recognized by the North American Mission Board on June 14 as bivocational pastor of the year.
Lloyd contracted COVID-19 in late 2020 and underwent a double lung transplant.
Red Bank Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, led by Pastor Sam Greer, helped Lloyd’s family cover mortgage payments for several months.
The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and NAMB also helped the family with other needs arising from the medical ordeal.
“Struggling associations need intervention from outside the association. Their director or strategist may easily burn out and need personal support,” writes George Bullard.
“Whatever the reason we are putting off a specific task, it likely comes down to a sense of being overwhelmed — that we aren’t sure where to start or we dread the actions required,” writes Jennifer Rash.
The IBSA student missions event, held annually in late July, provides middle and high school students one week of rotating service opportunities alongside Illinois Baptist church plants and Christ-centered non-profits in Chicago.
Worship, praise and prayer rang out as usual on a recent Sunday at Eastside Baptist Church in Claxton, Georgia, but with a big difference …
