First person: God the Father and Father’s Day
How do you picture God the Father? As distant and wrathful? As needing Jesus to talk Him off the ledge of judging us?
Up high in the Himalayas: National believers do what it takes to reach countrymen
Every weekend, Sandeep and his wife, Lalita, leave their home in a major city near the Himalayan mountains of South
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.
Church engages new community through church planting, sparks generosity
Church planting was part of NewBranch Community Church’s vision from the beginning, says Teaching Pastor Ken Rucker. The question for this Georgia church, which began gathering in 2008, had always been, “When’s the right time to plant?”
First person: Do church planters need more ‘early risk’ for later success?
Today, with so many networks out there that pay salary and set church planters up with insurance, mentoring advice and building expenses, much of the risk of launching a church has been eliminated. I’m wondering if that risk is needed.
Baptist associations are at their best a family
I love my family. I love being with my family. I love spending time with them. Family is important. This
Lifeway resource explores church switching trends
Lifeway Research’s Insights Report, Pew to Pew, explores data and uncovers practical tips regarding both groups — the movers, those leaving a church because of a change in location, and the shakers, those leaving for reasons closer to home.
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