
3 ways church attendance nurtures spiritual growth in children
One Sunday morning, when moving from our Sunday school class to the worship service in the auditorium, I overheard this

Opinion: BF&M 2000 to go under the microscope at SBC
Southern Baptist Convention president Bart Barber, a pastor in Farmersville, Texas, recently announced in a Twitter video that he expects

Pastor sabbatical grant helps pastors escape burnout
The timing, according to Randal Lyle, “could not have been better.” “I think I was like a lot of people,”

‘Loving our neighbor’: Texas ministry trains more than 200 church leaders in Mexico
Josue Valerio emphasized the importance of training being contextualized to Hispanic culture. “It’s more than just speaking the language or having a translator,” he said.

TN church closes its doors to help launch others for BlueOval ministry
“It was explained to us that if we waited until we had to close the doors, this would possibly not be a church anymore,” church deacon David Prine said. “It could be a McDonald’s. And we didn’t want that to happen.”

‘Still there’: Retired IMB missionaries continue sharing passion for Eswatini
Both Barbara and Wayne Myers are excited that her first trip back to the country will happen in October, as a 50th wedding anniversary gift to themselves.
Mobilizing churches to do missions has long been a passion of the couple.

BCM/D is ‘in a great place’ to serve others, says exec Tom Stolle
We are experiencing tremendous unity and staff alignment. We will continue to invest in our staff and lift each other up. If we’re stronger, we’re better at serving you, and our desire is to be great at it,” Tom Stolle said.

Spring outreach strategy displays renewed focus for AR churches
On Baptism Sunday (April 7) First Baptist Church DeWitt, Arkansas, baptized five believers of Christ. Two more baptisms were scheduled for the next Sunday. “The Lord is working in our church a lot right now,” pastor Jimmy Albrecht said.