“God was there. I’d never seen that many people in a gathering in Emanuel county before. It was awesome,” said Billy Brinson, missions strategist in the Emanuel Missionary Baptist Association.
Pastor Juston Gates of First Baptist Church, Forsyth, Missouri, has been elected by the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home board of trustees to serve as the MBCH’s next president.
Church planting workshops conducted at four locations this week emphasized that every Kentucky Baptist church can be involved in multiplying disciples, leaders and churches.
Search team chair Neal Hughes announced the latest development Tuesday (Jan. 23) to EC members. The news of a potential candidate was announced Jan. 8 and was expected to be voted on at the EC’s upcoming meeting in Nashville (Feb. 19–20).
Churches are seen as playing an important role in helping people deal with the epidemic of loneliness that is sweeping through modern America — but not as key players on other pressing issues, a new study shows.
“We just keep it simple,” said the pastor. “It’s church the way it’s always been. We meet to worship and to study God’s word and to pray. We’re not really big on the carnival Jesus movement.