
9-year-old embraces mom’s ministry passion, boosts effort with birthday money
Nine-year-old Mary Kate Jespersen decided she did not want presents for her recent birthday. Instead, she wanted to be baptized

MS church reaches community with finance coaching group
Church member and retired accountant John Burt approached Tim King, senior pastor of FBC Plantersville, with the idea of doing a finance class, to be offered through home groups that provide ways to reach the community.

‘We rest in God’: War retreat provides ‘soul care’ for Ukrainian ministers
Rest. It’s a four-letter word. There’s no rest in war. There’s no rest amid the missiles and gunfire that have

North Carolina associational leader Brindley honored with AMS of the Year
Perry Brindley, associational mission strategist of Buncombe Baptist Association, Asheville, North Carolina, has been named AMS of the Year by the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders.

27 Christians killed in two separate attacks in Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed 27 Christians in two attacks this month in Kaduna State, Nigeria, Morning Star News

Rashional Thoughts: Do you assume the best or worst in people as a first response?
Do you remember a time when we gave each other the benefit of the doubt? When we didn’t jump to

Interim role offers niche ministry for ‘old-school preacher’
Steve Ellis, who is 70, has held five interim assignments since 2018 and has preached in more than 80 different churches.

First Person: Every chaplaincy contact is as unique as the person in crisis
In August 2020 the state of California began housing evacuees from the Santa Cruz fires at the Asilomar Conference Grounds