Retired missionary still reaching Kayapo Indians at 95 with WhatsApp
Earl Trapp has been a missionary to the Kayapo Indians for 64 years. Now, he and Jerry Walker, a deacon at First Baptist Church Aztec, New Mexico, are working on digitizing cassette tape recordings of each of Trapp’s sermons to the Kayapo.
Before we can ‘go and make’ we must ‘come and be made,’ missions leader says
Greg Mann, a 19-year missions veteran who now leads the International Mission Board’s Asia-Pacific Rim Peoples Affinity, speaks during the opening session of the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors Conference in Indianapolis.
Evangelism consultation helps reignite movement for church
Every church and pastor goes through seasons of ups and downs. There are years when baptisms come in waves, and
Pastor leverages experience into residency program for future ministers
Soon after Steve Freeman accepted his first pastorate more than 20 years ago at Slayden Baptist Church in Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee, he realized after a few months that he was in over his head, he recalled.
Rwandan churches move to houses as leaders quietly protest government’s restrictions
A dozen people recently congregated in a home in the Nyabisindu neighborhood of Rwanda’s capital to ponder their next steps after the government shuttered numerous churches for noncompliance with health and safety regulations.
NOBTS scholarship increase announced for active IMB, ISC and Journeyman missionaries
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College recently announced an increase in the missionary scholarship for active International Mission
Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina names David Melber next CEO
After a yearlong search, the Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina has a new leader for the first time in 40 years. David Melber replaces Michael C. Blackwell, who retired in September 2023.
Southern Baptists to recognize Global Hunger on Sunday, Aug. 28
The last few years have witnessed world-changing events that have disrupted supply chains and limited access to food for many