
MO ministry offers free Christmas gifts to low-income families, sees eternal impact
The Grand Oak Mission Center is offering a free “Christmas store” to their low-income neighbors that participate in the activities

First Person: What a pastor should consider before leaving a church
Pastoral transitions happen. Life happens. And sometimes pastors need to move on. If not, in time, our mortality will force

Pastor opens up about burnout, stress in ministry
Editor’s note: May is Mental Health Awareness Month. May 22, 2022 will forever be etched in the memory of Keith

Blind Christian in Pakistan charged with blasphemy, punishable by death
A 49-year-old blind Christian in Pakistan has been arrested and charged with blasphemy, punishable by death, after a Muslim accused him of insulting Islam’s prophet, his mother said.

Messengers celebrate 100 years of Baptist Faith & Message
SBC President Clint Pressley said it is “no small thing that we’ve been held together for so long by one confession,” noting that he wanted to “celebrate what has held us together what has held us together these 100 years.”

4 steps to becoming a church that welcomes young adults
PJ Dunn, a discipleship consultant in Georgia, shares four steps to becoming a church that welcomes young adults.

Pastor’s sanctification journey inspires book, ‘The Blueprint of Grace’
Sanctification is a process all believers go through in their ongoing efforts to become conformed to the Lord’s will. It’s an ongoing journey none will ever complete this side of heaven, and Bob Allen is keenly aware of it.

First person: Do you have to choose between motherhood and ministry?
I’m a mom and a wife (a pastor’s wife at that). But I’m also a women’s ministry leader, Bible teacher