Pharmacist shares personal story of redemption
Natalie Samford* hadn’t shied away from going to remote or challenging places on missions trips in East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and South America. But since the 30-something had obtained a doctor’s degree in pharmacy, she wondered how that specialty could be...
2015 LMCO sermon resources now available
RICHMOND, Va.—As churches plan their services and special events for the rest of the year, IMB has released sermon resources from IMB President David Platt free of charge to help church leaders promote the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions...
Americans engage the unreached nations in their backyard
by Susie Rain She spied them in the jewelry aisle. Their dress was a little out of place in an Alabama Walmart. The two women were covered from head to toe in long, black hijab dresses and headscarves. The petite grandmother made an abrupt U-turn with her shopping...
Dr. Albert Mohler provides the case for standing for Biblical Truth amid the moral revolution
New book, 'We Cannot Be Silent,' releasing October 27 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, outlines the progression of the moral revolution that has taken place in our nation over the last 20 years while...
Five ways some senior adult churches became younger
By Thom S. Rainer It seems to be a Catch-22. If your congregation is older, the way to reach younger families is to have younger families in your church. But the reason the congregation is older is because it has few or no younger families. I have seen this played out...
What happens when I give a dollar to Global Hunger Relief?
What to learn more? Go to GlobalHungerRelief.com.
Heartland Baptist Chapel continues ministry with gift to BCI
by John Shaull, BCI Pastor/Church Support Staff, Heartland Baptist Chapel in Ida Grove recently closed their doors but not their hearts to ministry in Iowa. The remaining church members provided $46,000 to the Baptist Convention of Iowa (BCI) to be used for church...
Campers On Mission continue work in Melcher Dallas
by Bev Davis Iowa Campers On Mission (COM) returned to Melcher-Dallas for our Fall Rally September 14-18. COM members continued to help remodel the church. We spent the week taping and mudding the dry wall in the basement. It was a lot of work but looks good now. Five...
Prayer woven throughout NAMB’s Send North America Strategy
By Tobin Perry NEW YORK CITY – A total of 1.6 million people call the New York City borough of Manhattan home. It’s undoubtedly one of the most densely populated—and most influential—areas in the world. Just 25 years ago less than 1 percent of Manhattan’s midtown...
People groups in North America: stories of salvation
A business man and his wife welcome internationals into their home for ESL and Christian community By K. Faith Morgan When Jeff Sheriff and his wife, Laura, agreed to open their Dallas/Ft. Worth area home for an ESL ministry to internationals a year ago, they didn’t...
