When your pastor deals with depression
More and more pastors are dealing with the issue of depression. Here are 8 ways you can help.
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Raising the standard: Bible study alone isn’t enough in life of believers By Kathi Holcomb Special to The Baptist Paper
WMU celebrates longstanding support of missions giving, new evangelism and discipleship projects
“We want to help you keep the Great Commission front and center,” Sandy Wisdom-Martin told messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting.
‘Winter blues’: For some, the holidays aren’t so merry and bright
Many struggle with the holidays due to grief, loss or other issues that make it difficult for their days to
‘Sacred space’: Burmese church celebrates new building as outreach tool
The ribbon cutting and dedication of a building is significant for the ethnic culture that is not only Burmese, but involves 17 different tribal groups.
Pastors, burnout and the myth about a mass exodus
“While this story isn’t all wrong, the assertion that pastors are leaving the pulpit in droves because of ministry burnout is a myth. The research tells a different story.”
First person: 10 questions to determine if your prayer life is more ritual or relationship
I talk with a lot of folks about prayer, and I fear that many of them approach prayer as a ritual rather than as a relationship.
Twenty years later, First Baptist Biloxi pastors reflect on Katrina
The Monday on Aug. 29, 2005 is marked in history for the homes leveled to their foundations — also for the lives lost and for the unimaginable scars left behind. But for First Baptist Church Biloxi, the days following the disaster stand as an immovable testament to God’s faithfulness.