A new survey from Nashville-based Lifeway Research found that 94% of Protestant pastors believe their church will still be open in 10 years, with 78% strongly agreeing that will be true.
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for April 20, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for April 6, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.
U.S. Protestant churches are almost evenly split between those that have grown within the past two years and those that are plateaued or declining, according to an Exponential study by Lifeway Research.
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for March 23, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.
Jeff Iorg: My vision is that Southern Baptists would come together and spend 95% of their time talking about how to get the gospel to people in the world who’ve never even heard the name of Jesus.
The average Southern Baptist church calls the South home, but the only region of the country where those congregations are growing is the Northeast.
Ray Gentry, president and CEO of SBCAL, said the three-day retreat was geared toward training and continuing education but also designed to help associational leaders “make friends and deepen friendships.”
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