St. Louis association aims to share gospel, plant churches among 2 million people
Darren Casper believes in missions. As the executive director of the St. Louis Metro Baptist Association, he leads a staff of eight full and part-time missionaries. Their task is to equip churches to reach out with the gospel …
Knowing your community: 10 essential demographic questions for every church
Your church has essential demographic questions needing answers. Since effective communication engagement rises and falls on how well you know
Arkansas DR volunteers on-site in Fordyce after shooting
Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief chaplains and a quick-response unit deployed to Fordyce, Arkansas, today (June 21) following a shooting at a local grocery store that left 3 dead and 11 wounded.
What is the SBC Business and Financial Plan?
The Business and Financial Plan of the Southern Baptist Convention sets guidelines for how SBC entities manage finances, report to the Convention and cooperate with one another. But what does that mean exactly?
Health care sharing ministries come under greater scrutiny
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, health care sharing ministries sprang up as more affordable options
First person: Interning with Disaster Relief
“I found I could make a difference,” said college student Michelle Ryan, who served for a few years as a collegiate intern with Missouri Disaster Relief.
Florida Baptist leaders credit pandemic for expanded ministry outreach
When the pandemic forced a closure of in-person English-as-a-second language classes, Florida Baptist leaders discovered that various virtual platforms could
Bible reading, discussion, pastoral shepherding help victims heal
The effects of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder are far-reaching and affect some 20% of adult Americans. However, many don’t