
Rural church turns love of outdoors into community outreach
In Wilkinson County, where hunting, fishing and time outdoors are part of everyday life, New Hope Christian Fellowship found a natural way to reach its neighbors.

Future leaders developed to fill ‘terrible void of godly leadership’
The camp is designed to equip and encourage young men and women to consider and pursue a life of public service. Students ages 13–19 are eligible to attend.

Explore the Bible Sunday School Lesson for October 30
The Sin Harvested Hosea 10:5–15 Hosea prophesies through an extended agricultural metaphor in two locations: a vineyard and a field

Dearborn residents denounce Sharia law influence
Following a heated city council meeting in Dearborn, Michigan, last week, a local pastor and other religious freedom advocates are accusing the Muslim-majority city council of favoring Islamic Sharia law over pursuing justice for Christian protestors who were attacked during a recent local event.

Central Asian believers break out of Christian bubble, minister in Prague
Nazira eventually recognized her heart needed to be transformed. She wasn’t showing grace and had become “a self-righteous Pharisee.” The Lord eventually gave her a heart for Czechs, and she came to love the people and their culture.

United in Christ: SBTC Asian churches celebrate Christmas across Texas
Southern Baptists Asian pastors and wives recently gathered in different areas of Texas to celebrate the birth of Christ. Asian

Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for January 22
Does It Agree with the Bible? Genesis 3:1–6 W.H. Griffith Thomas, one of my favorite devotional authors, commented on Genesis

Prison ministry in Zambia: ‘They are not outcasts. God loves them’
God answered the prayers of Southern Baptists who asked God for someone to work alongside International Mission Board missionaries in a prison ministry in Lusaka, Zambia. He didn’t just send one Zambian believer. He sent three.