Out of focus: Stumbling churches often lack vision
Several years ago, I stumbled while walking down the steps from my office on the second floor of my house. I was looking down and reading a paper I was holding. My feet got tangled, and I fell down the last seven steps.
12 ways to regularly practice Thanksgiving
We have so much for which to be grateful today. I fear, though, that we too often limit our expressions of thanksgiving to only this day.
IMB missionaries provide ‘steadfast presence’ in spiritually lost world
Lostness around the world is growing every day. In fact, 59% of the world’s population remains unreached. This means there are less than 2% evangelical Christians within their people group or nearby.
‘Opportunity to grow’: AZ students share impact of discipleship retreat
A total of 198 students recently gathered from 16 college campuses across Arizona for Surge, Christian Challenge’s annual discipleship retreat, at Granite Hills Retreat and Conference Center in Prescott.
Bivocational pastor honored to lead 3 churches — with God’s help
Holding down a full-time job while also pastoring a church is not for the faint of heart. Lee Wright, who is a bivocational pastor leading three churches, says God makes it possible.
Law Amendment fails on second vote by SBC messengers
In a highly anticipated vote on the final day of this year’s SBC Annual Meeting, messengers narrowly defeated the proposed Law Amendment which specified that only men can serve “as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by Scripture.”
Russian education department closes 4 Protestant seminaries
MOSCOW, Russia — Four Protestant theological institutions in Russia have either had their higher education licenses revoked or annulled or
First person: Jesus left Heaven to make a home in a manger
“We cannot truly experience Christmas until we bow before Jesus as God in human flesh. Fully appreciating His cradle requires our first acknowledging His crown,” writes pastor Adam Dooley.