Missional angst and western church norms
We need to be willing to do church differently than we may feel is comfortable and easy. by Ed Stetzer Consumer-driven forms of Christianity are creating much angst. The prevailing model of how we do church in our Western context has been called into question, and...
Ten things you should never say to a guest in a worship service
By Thom S. Rainer If you want to make certain guests never return to your church, say one of these sentences to them when they visit. Indeed, these unfortunate and ill-timed comments almost always guarantee that you will offend guests and make them very uncomfortable....
Misfits, Malcontents, and Knuckleheads: Welcome to the Church
by Dave Miller Have you ever noticed how many weird, messed-up, difficult people God saves? I could start a forum in the comments and we could share stories about the odd people we’ve encountered in our ministries, couldn’t we? People with mental and emotional...
Pastors and wives refreshed and challenged at Retreat
by BCI Staff Pastors and their wives from 23 churches across the state of Iowa came to Des Moines on April 23 for a weekend of relaxing, reconnecting, and refreshing by sharing good food, good company, good worship, and good teaching. Eleven BCI staff members joined...
Calvary Baptist Church in Glenwood welcomes pastor Jamie Cheramie
Pastor Jamie Cheramie came to Calvary Baptist Church in Glenwood in March, 2015. He was born and raised in South Louisiana where he was saved at 14 years of age, called into the Gospel ministry at 16, and followed God's call to Criswell Bible College in Dallas at age...
The Gospel is not ‘You do,’ it is ‘Jesus did’
How does the raising of Lazarus affect the way we share the gospel? by Ed Stetzer Just as the Father spoke life into the void through his Word in creation, so he speaks new life into his people through the Word-made-flesh, Jesus Christ. That’s key to the evangelistic...
Baptist college students trade spring break for Sandy Rebuild ministry
by Laura Sikes LONG ISLAND, N.Y. – Crawling underneath houses to put in insulation, mudding and sanding dry wall and installing a fence are not typical spring break distractions. But for college students Makayla Campbell and Amber Wilcox those were the jobs they...
SNA Sending Church Lab Opportunities
WHAT Do you pastor a church that is taking responsibility for a church plant as a Sending Church? Would you like to know more about how to be an effective Sending Church or are you a Supporting Church that would like to become a Sending Church? If so, Kevin Ezell,...
Jack Graham: It’s ‘crying time in America’
by Diana Chandler WASHINGTON (BP) -- Pleas for revival and religious freedom were heard repeatedly at the National Day of Prayer service today (May 7) in Washington, including the keynote address by Southern Baptist pastor Jack Graham and a letter he read from...
In Nepal, relief supplies reaching quake survivors
by Mark Kelly KATHMANDU, Nepal (BP) -- Nepal earthquake survivors have begun receiving relief supplies provided by Southern Baptists. A Baptist Global Response assessment team, meanwhile, has made it to the quake's epicenter and found an architect to help assess homes...
