Midwestern launches Institute for Preaching and Preachers
The newly launched Midwestern Institute for Preaching and Preachers advances Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s mission to train leaders for the Church by equipping and encouraging preachers of God’s Word.
Study: Nearly half of churchgoers desire more diversity in their church
Although pastors are doing more to encourage racial reconciliation, and churchgoers say their church is doing enough to be ethnically
First person: 8 churches that are difficult to pastor
“Over the years, I’ve worked with a lot of pastors in difficult churches to lead. They’re not impossible — because nothing’s impossible for God (Matt. 19:26) — but they’re still tough to pastor,” writes Chuck Lawless.
Parents searching for 15-year-old daughter kidnapped, forcibly married in Pakistan
Arif Gill said he lost hope of finding his 15-year-old daughter — allegedly abducted by a 60-year-old Muslim who forcibly
Explore the Bible Sunday School Lesson for Nov. 24
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for November 24, written by Mark Rathel, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
Louisiana church ‘going forward’ after devastating fire
Three days after a fire destroyed the facilities at New Friendship Baptist Church, Pollock, Louisiana, more than 200 faithful members
Mississippi, Dakota Baptists develop ‘revolving door partnership’
A small, yet growing North Dakota church and Sand Hill Church in Ellisville recently partnered together. The two mission-minded churches have helped one another in reaching the lost in their respective communities.
Iowa Baptist Disaster Relief ‘redeploying’
Iowa Baptists are “redeploying” their Disaster Relief, announced Iowa DR Coordinator Gared Shaffer during their annual meeting Nov. 1–2 at First Family Church in Ankeny. Shaffer shared the success of recent training and deployments …