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.
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.
Asa and Vanessa Watson serve with the IMB in Germany. They host people in their homes and provide a safe space for frank questions and vulnerability in conversation.
In 2018 in Missouri, Xavier Cunningham had an accident that nearly cost him his life. Between his miraculous recovery and time in the hospital, this event inspired his father Shannon Miller to pursue a life of ministry.
Playing video games for 30 consecutive hours while live streaming, the vice president of the Dakota Baptist Convention aimed to raise funds to assist soldiers struggling with suicidal thoughts.
Arkansas cowboy churches this holiday season loaded up supplies and Christmas boxes, traveled to various pueblos in New Mexico and shared the gospel with Native Americans.
Drover Cowboy Church’s final South African braai of the year on Sunday, Oct. 29, was a little different than usual as the worship and sermon portion of the event was led entirely in Afrikaans — a language of southern Africa.
“A lot of times, we want to hand pick what ministry looks like. In the cowboy world, you’ve got to go and meet them where they’re at,” Jeff Deckard, pastor of Damascus Road Cowboy Church, Damascus, Arkansas.
