Southern Baptists caring for hurting, vulnerable people in Holy Land
Southern Baptists have mobilized through local, Christian partners to provide housing, food, medical supplies, bomb shelters and trauma counseling for more than 20,000 displaced and hurting people in Israel and the region.
French national believers vital to church planting strategies
In what both International Mission Board church planter Michael Harrington and Pastor Glyn Hackett describe as “post-Christian” France, the need
Management years of congregations and the need for God’s empowering vision
As I sat across the desk from the pastor, I heard him describe a congregation with many great qualities. But they had no idea about where they were headed, much less what God’s empowering vision might be for their next seven years.
Church’s ‘We stand with Israel’ sign defaced by vandals
Vandals have defaced a church’s sign in Gainesville, Georgia, that declares: “We stand with Israel.” North Hall Church pastor Bucky Kennedy is using the incident to proclaim the gospel.
NAMB trustees celebrate partnerships, health benefits for church planters
North American Mission Board trustees, meeting in Phoenix Feb. 14-15, spent time with area church planters and celebrated a new
SBC Exec Comm approves slate of recommendations for upcoming annual meeting
Framed with prayers, sermons and renewed relationships, denominational business was the focus for 66 members of the Southern Baptist Convention
Who sinned during the lost years of congregations?
I saw the signs of future sin way before we entered the lost years of the congregation my family helped launch when I was in high school. It was certainly not intentional sin. It was all unintentional. We caught it before it became an ongoing sinful practice.
Litton announces he will not seek second term as SBC president
Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton announced Tuesday (March 1) that he will not seek a second year in office