
First person: Why I’m against the Law Amendment
This summer, messengers from the Southern Baptist Convention will gather in Indianapolis to vote on an amendment to the Convention’s constitution which aims to more closely define the role of pastor …

2025 VBS to ‘magnify’ details of Scripture, lead kids to discover God’s bigness
Lifeway Christian Resources recently announced 2025’s Vacation Bible School theme. The theme seeks to show children that God can be found in even the smallest pieces of His creation and how to admire those details.

First Person: The need for women mentors
Every other fall semester, I have the wonderful privilege of teaching college women who are interested in pursuing ministry. Each

Kansas campus ministry honored for ability to adapt during pandemic
The piles of pizza boxes were gone and so was the annual pancake feed. One of the normal ways of

First person: When God’s call is clear, why do we sometimes have to wait?
We often let our preferences and our desire to quickly achieve our goals overrule the methodical and purposeful path God intends.

National WMU’s Wisdom-Martin announces 2027 retirement plans
“Faithfulness in this season calls me to be present with my family in a way that cannot be sustained by the obligations of my current ministry role. Our mission remains unchanged because it is rooted in God’s calling, not in one individual. God’s plan for this organization is bigger than any single person’s role. I have every confidence the Lord will guide and undergird WMU. His faithfulness does not change.” —Sandy Wisdom-Martin

Survey: Pastors report struggling with time management, over-commitment
As pastors think about their greatest needs, some of those go beyond their ministries and are instead connected to their

‘Unconscionable’: Protestant pastor, family forcibly displaced
A Protestant pastor, wife and 3-month-old baby are temporarily staying with relatives in Oaxaca after being forcibly displaced after the pastor was told to kneel and pray to a Roman Catholic saint.