A group of Georgia Baptist college students helped set registration records at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting last week while getting a firsthand look at the scope and diversity of Southern Baptist mission work.
Known for her thoughtful leadership and sincere love for people, Janet Hoffman often reminded others that following Christ begins with intimacy with Him through prayer and His Word and overflows into faithful service to others.
The Rev. Lamar Hardwick, a disability activist, author and preacher known as “The Autism Pastor,” died on May 22. He was 47 years old.
“We must streamline operations and focus more narrowly on our core functions … The EC has a limited but essential function in the SBC eco-system. Limited does not mean unimportant,” EC president Jeff Iorg shared June 8 during the EC meeting in Orlando.
Southern Baptist Convention President Clint Pressley and the two announced candidates seeking to succeed him urged pastors this week to pursue doctrinal clarity, rebuild trust and keep the Great Commission at the center as messengers prepare to gather in Orlando for the SBC Annual Meeting.
Holding down a full-time job while also pastoring a church is not for the faint of heart. Lee Wright, who is a bivocational pastor leading three churches, says God makes it possible.
Ask an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker heading north in the spring, “Where are you headed?” They will invariably answer with a grin, “Katahdin!” The mountain is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.
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