‘Amazing Grace’: Famous hymn by former slave trader still inspirational after 250 years
Most preachers wouldn’t dare tackle writing a sermon and a hymn for their congregation, but that was par for the
First person: Significance of the Fourth of July
The passing of another year is worthy of celebration because each trip around the sun measures the gift of existing and all the blessings that come with it. For the United States, the Fourth of July marks the significance of our national beginning.
Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for August 31
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for August 31, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.
South Carolina church exceeds Lottie Moon goal by more than $100,000
Burnsview Baptist Church in Greer, South Carolina, set a Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goal of $20,000 for 2021. On Dec.
Christmas festivities, tourism slowly returning to Israel after ceasefire
In 2023 and 2024, David Ha’ivri, an Israeli tour guide, didn’t offer his popular English-language Hanukkah or Christmas tours. Tourism had plummeted after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre and the start of the Hamas-Israel war, when nearly every international airline canceled flights to Israel.
How to protect your church from freezing cold
Extreme cold and water pipes can be a bad combination. That was case Thursday (January 22) at Streator Baptist Camp in Streator, Illinois, when a water pipe in the kitchen ceiling froze and then burst creating a cold, wet and costly mess for the camp.
IMB missionaries provide ‘steadfast presence’ in spiritually lost world
Lostness around the world is growing every day. In fact, 59% of the world’s population remains unreached. This means there are less than 2% evangelical Christians within their people group or nearby.
Soaring congregations focus more on being received rather than sent
Is the key message of the New Testament that we are sent? Or is it a deeper concept that we need to go locally and globally to communities and people groups so they might receive the gospel message?