
Avoiding ‘the cringe’: 3 ways to make your church ‘invite-worthy’
At least once a month, walk through your buildings, review your worship and educational services, consider different elements of church life and ask yourself: “How would this hit me if I were a guest?,” Lifeway notes.

Replant Summit hosts church leaders to encourage, inspire, equip
Lenexa Baptist Church in Lenexa, Kansas, had been seeking to launch a new campus to their west in 2013 when

Near-death experience points IT specialist to the Lord
Vincent Chen stopped by a nearby clinic for a COVID-19 test earlier this year. The test came back negative. But

Command or collaboration during Disaster Relief?
“We should never wish for hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, fires and other disasters. Yet when they happen, it is a great time to show our very best as a fellowship of congregations fused together as an association.”

Texas Baptists embrace new partnership, launch of ministry center in Laredo
A new ministry center will open in Laredo, Texas, as part of a partnership between Texas Baptists River Ministry and Send Relief. The

Associational missionaries (DOMs) set to gather in Nashville June 13–14
The Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders sponsors an annual conference prior to the SBC Annual Meeting. The meeting —

Myanmar military continues to target religious minorities
Myanmar — historically known as Burma — is “a disintegrating nation” where leaders of religious minorities continue to be targeted by the military, a report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom stated.

Your Voice: Embracing our ‘damaged goods’ allows God to work through us
Tears ran down the cheeks of the NYPD detective as she finally verbalized something she had resisted admitting for quite