
Explore the Bible Sunday School Lesson for April 12
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for April 12, written by Don Fugate, senior pastor of Foxworthy Baptist Church in San Jose, California.

Volunteer Baptists International to plan more than 100 missions trips this year
After retiring from full-time missions and ministry in 2007, Garry Eudy envisioned helping churches plan a few missions trips a year. The first year he planned six trips. The next year it doubled to 12. This year ….

Every child precious: Engagement in foster care, adoption urged at Chosen Conference
Among special guests during the conference were Sadie Robertson Huff and her mother, Korie Robertson — from the popular reality TV show Duck Dynasty — who discussed how adoption has impacted their family.

Newsboys co-founder files defamation lawsuit over Michael Tait stories
Wes Campbell and the musicians of the Christian band Newsboys have filed a federal lawsuit against World Vision, The Roys Report and concert promoters for an “orchestrated campaign to drive Campbell and Newsboys out of the Christian concert market.”

Prodigal churches: Should associations discipline, disciple or discern?
Which are the churches in your association that need to be disciplined, discipled or about which you need to seek spiritual discernment?

First person: ‘Disney Adults’ and the search for that ‘nostalgic feeling’
Americans spend a lot of money on vacation — with many wanting to visit the same place over and over each year — but what drives Disney adults?

Missionary couple, Haitian mission director killed by gangs in Haiti
Three people, a Haitian man and an American couple who all worked for a Christian mission organization, were killed by gang members near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday night (May 23).

Your Voice: Perspective for perseverance
Knowing Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord is the basis of Paul’s perspective for perseverance in 2 Corinthians 4:10–15. He