Dianne Massey once supported the pro-abortion movement; however, an encounter with Christ 44 years ago changed her mindset, and now she fights for pro-life causes.
Where she currently serves, an IMB missionary started hosting trauma-focused discipleship groups with Ukrainians and other Eastern European women.
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for November 3, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.
At least once a month, walk through your buildings, review your worship and educational services, consider different elements of church life and ask yourself: “How would this hit me if I were a guest?,” Lifeway notes.
“We can and certainly should show our appreciation for our pastors with a good word. We should also be careful to show our appreciation with a good wage,” writes Hance Dilbeck, president and CEO of GuideStone.
“I think we’re not as divided as we think we are, and I think people are hungry for those virtues — the fruit of the Spirit,” said Daryn Henry, associate professor of Christian Studies at the University of Virginia.
University students from Zambia, Mississippi and Tennessee sat around a blazing fire pit in Lusaka, Zambia. Songs and laughter filled the night air. And, like typical college students, conversations moved deeper the longer they hung out.
Four in 5 U.S. Protestant churchgoers (80%) believe a pastor must address current issues to be doing their job, according to a Lifeway Research study. Few (16%) disagree, and 4% aren’t sure.
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