The recent slide in total memberships among congregations affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention slowed in 2023, while baptisms, worship service attendance and small group participation all grew.
Dogs were howling, crickets chirping and birds were tweeting – and nobody else’s tweets mattered. The sky grew dark at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. It was weird and wonderful, all rolled into one.
Illinois pastor David Wright of Joppa Missionary Baptist Church reflects on his journey, initially questioning his effectiveness before a surge of baptisms renewed his faith.
“Most of the time for me, I see churches that are doing something unusual helps us to get ideas,” said Ohio pastor Fran Trascritti. “If somebody’s doing something that might work in their context, it might work in our context.”
Roger Alford, editor of The Christian Index for the past three years, announced his departure Friday (March 22) from the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s newsjournal, effective at the end of the month.
GuideStone trustees unanimously elected Stephen B. Allen as the enterprise’s new chief legal officer during their regular meetings in Dallas on March 4–5.
A young man’s decision to follow Christ in baptism became a vivid illustration of the importance of sharing the gospel generationally in both families and churches.
To help them navigate the challenges of being a pastor, Midwestern Seminary has launched a new podcast: The Heart of Pastoring with Jared Wilson and Ronnie Martin.
