First person: What church communicators should know about the human brain
The human brain is wired to crave novelty. Long before smartphones and streaming platforms competed for our attention, God designed our minds to scan the environment for anything new, surprising or out of place.
Tips for engaging, retaining students at your church
Engaging students at your church is critical to retaining them throughout their school years and into young adult life. But
Beach Reach gets new life, leadership
Although the ministry has faced some challenges in recent days, Mark Whitt was determined not to let Beach Reach get
Chinese human rights lawyer arrested in Laos, needs ‘prayer support’
Some Texas-based advocates for persecuted religious groups fear Lu Siwei — a Chinese human rights lawyer arrested in Laos last
Deacons are a ‘gift to the church,’ says SBC president
Bart Barber praised deacons in his chapel message at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary but quipped first that his sermon
COVID temporarily shuts down one of the Disaster Relief command centers
When Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams arrive in the days following storms, they strategically set up Incident Command Centers at
First person: 12 ways my wife partners with me in ministry
I don’t brag enough about my wife. I was a single pastor the first 10 years I served as a pastor, and then God brought Pam into my world.
‘I like to go’: TX woman makes most of retirement through disaster relief
Nancy Ellard’s boundless energy fuels her busy life, from a paralegal and chef to a disaster relief volunteer, sharing love, hope and faith wherever she goes.