
Yorba Linda church meets needs beyond ‘the façade’ at Crossover 2022
After a few moments of awkward silence, Jami stepped up to a karaoke microphone to sing in the parking lot

Explore the Bible Sunday School Lesson for September 22
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for September 22, written by Mark Rathel, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.

SBC 2022: June 15 AM Recap
Highlights from the third session of the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting June 15: A motion to abolish the

‘Free food, free gospel’: Georgia barbecue feeds souls, hungry people
M25 Barbecue is personal, selfless, effective and Christ-honoring. It’s an outreach ministry that combines compassion, service, evangelism, and, yes — barbecue — what appears to be a winning recipe for any church or community.

‘Amazing resilience’: Louisiana church sees growth, keeps resolve following multiple disasters
Multiple disasters in the last few years could have caused members of First Baptist Church Basile, Louisiana, to become disheartened

Does your Baptist association have high expectations?
George Bullard asks, “What does it mean to be categorized as a soaring, strong, stumbling, struggling or spiritless association? Is your association stuck in a virtual escape room because of its assessment?”

Two Christians die; another flees captors in Nigeria
Two Christians died in separate attacks and another escaped from abductors as violence continues against Christians in Nigeria. Morning Star

First person: Do we have separation of church and … debate?
A new poll of pastors’ preferences in the upcoming presidential election shows not only the divide between clergy in political terms, but also the difficulty in talking about politics, especially in church.