WORLDVIEW: Where global outreach begins
by Erich Bridges EDITOR'S NOTE: Missions columnist Erich Bridges, writing in conjunction with Southern Baptists' Week of Prayer for International Missions, notes that a vibrant spiritual relationship with Christ is foundational to global outreach. "One Sacred Effort...
Birth accounts in Matthew & Luke “complementary & make different points”
By David Roach NASHVILLE (BP) -- A historian named Julius Africanus was among the first Christians to wonder why the stories of Jesus' birth in Matthew and Luke differ slightly. Around the year 200, Julius apparently sought Jesus' living relatives to ask them why the...
Cooperative Program 2% above budget projection
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are $31,959,358.96, or 2 percent more than the year-to-date SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget...
Americans share views on marriage, church & state roles
by Bob Smietana NASHVILLE (BP) -- About half of Americans are ready for separation of church and state when it comes to weddings, a LifeWay Research survey shows. Six in 10 say the government should not define or regulate marriage. And more than a third of Americans...
Heartland Interstate Strategy vision tour reveals spiritual need
By Lee Warren SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist & The Pathway) -- Participants of the Heartland Interstate Strategy (HIS) vision tour exited the bus on Prospect Hill and gazed into South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. Dr. Leo Endel, a former pastor in the...
The Real Reasons Young Adults Drop Out of Church
By Ed Stetzer Young adults drop out of church because their faith isn't their own. Despite all the fear driven presentations you’ve heard, not every young person is walking out of the church the moment they finish high school and never coming back. Here’s what you...
2015 WMU Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting
First Baptist Church of Grove City 3301 Orders Road Grove City, Ohio 43123 June 14–15, 2015 Save the date for an amazing celebration of what God is doing around the world through missions! Come early to the SBC annual meeting in Columbus . . . First Baptist Church of...
Grace Church Des Moines celebrates 35 years of being a sending church
During the celebration of Grace Church's 35 years of ministry in Des Moines, Pastor Phil Winfield stated: "Grace has always been a sending church." Whether that refers to missionaries all over the world or to church planters in Des Moines, West Des Moines, Norwalk and...
Focus One Sunday Morning in 2015 on Prayer in Your Church
By Ronnie W. Floyd, President of the Southern Baptist Convention God’s Word is clear: “…For My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” (Isaiah 56:7)Jesus declared it this way: “It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you are...
Missionsfest in Toledo draws volunteers from 11 states
by Julie Walters (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) – Nov. 11, 2014 – When Helen Henley, a member of Sunrise Baptist Church in Midland, Mich., heard Missionsfest would be in Toledo, Ohio, she “felt it was too close not to be a part.” Henley was familiar with the city and the...
