
Arkansas woman spreads God’s love through writing letters to strangers
Allison Bond’s grandma, who died in 2015, told her to “always do good.” Heeding that wisdom, Bond decided to do

First person: Preparing for a missions trip with reproducible, sustainable evangelism
Two concepts should drive everything that is taught and caught related to traveling to another location, presenting the gospel, teaching others how to share and expecting evangelism to continue once you return home.

‘Poor in spirit’ can’t coexist with ‘rich in pride,’ Allen tells pastors
One day when Adrian Rogers was in high school, he walked up and down his football practice field and prayed

First person: 10 mistakes I made as a young pastor
“I’m not sure why I’m writing this one, since it can probably only embarrass me – but perhaps it might help a young leader not be as dumb as I’ve been,” writes Chuck Lawless.

Barber challenges messengers to not miss the beauty around them
Sometimes the truth hurts, Bart Barber shared during his president’s address June 13 during the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting

Church planting math teacher reaches troubled youth in California
Pastor Michael Hibbert was at a party when he met a young man named Denzel. They began talking, and Hibbert

Grandparents Day is Sept. 12: Ideas and resources to celebrate the day
In 1970, Marian McQuade, a West Virginia woman who advocated for the elderly, initiated a campaign to establish a day

Former Louisiana pastor arrested; congregation merges with another church
“Shane left town around the first of February,” Chris Holloway, senior pastor with Little Pass Baptist Church, Charenton, Louisiana, wrote. “My last conversation with him was on Jan. 28, 2025.”