NAMB’s Ezell nurtures church after pastor’s death
by Lonnie Wilkey/Baptist and Reflector ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- The pastor's heart in Kevin Ezell would not let him say no when the Nashville-area Long Hollow Baptist Church asked him to serve as interim pastor. The North American Mission Board president intentionally...
A new approach to mental illness in the church
We must stop ignoring mental illness and start graciously offering hope. We must stop ignoring mental illness and start graciously offering hope. By Ed Stetzer Churches, we need a new approach to mental illness. Or, maybe not new, but a more Christlike approach to...
10 reasons everybody at church should wear a nametag
By Chuck Lawless At many conferences and meetings I attend, I am expected to wear a nametag. The business world thinks about nametags, but the church world gives them too little thought. Here are ten reasons EVERYONE in church ought to wear a nametag. Few people know...
Download free church facility audit
Thom S. Rainer, president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources has just released a free church facility audit. This audit is specially designed to help churches improve the overall guest friendliness on their website and facilities. Go to ThomRainer.com/subscribe to...
Global religious freedom draws leaders’ appeal
by Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention's lead religious freedom advocate is part of a widely diverse, informal coalition urging Congress to strengthen protections for the rights of people of faith overseas. Russell Moore, president of the...
Can we be pro-homosexual?
by Dave Miller The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.” Matthew 11:19 It was one of the barbs that the religious leaders sent Jesus’...
Partners in service
A Dayton native returns home to plant a church By K. Faith Morgan DAYTON, Ohio – When Randy Chestnut and his wife of 35 years, Denise, sensed God calling them to establish a church and ministry in Old North Dayton, it was a homecoming for both. Raised in the area, the...
Gay marriage gap widens for evangelicals & culture
by Bob Smietana NASHVILLE (BP) -- Americans who have gay or lesbian friends are twice as likely to say gay marriage should be legal as those who have none. And more than half of Americans, meanwhile, say homosexuality is not sinful. Such survey results place...
5 freakish things a church must do
By Eric Geiger Christians are a peculiar people. God describes us that way in His Word. We are not of this world as He is not of this world (John 17:16). We are “strangers and temporary residents” here (1 Peter 2:11) because “our citizenship is in heaven” (Philippians...
Midwestern Seminary launches FTC.co website resource to “engage, encourage, and equip the Church”
By T. Patrick Hudson Midwestern Seminary launched the website, FTC.co, today (April 22) with the goal of providing gospel-centered resources intended to engage, encourage, and equip those ministering within the local church. The site, which will be overseen by...
