Collegians recruit peers for GenSend missions
by Kristen Camp ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- Abby Hughes is one of two campus mobilizers in the Northwest taking on the responsibility to find other college students to venture to New York City for 10 weeks this summer. "I have been working alongside my church as well as...
2015 State of Atheism in America
by the Barna Group March 24, 2015—This past year, Barna Group has spent a considerable amount of time studying the unchurched—those who have not attended church within the past six months. Much of that research is collected in the new Barna project Churchless, edited...
Lives being changed one sandwich at a time
by Robert Chapman LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- The restaurant walls are covered with Scripture verses. A Bible and calendar with daily devotions sit on each table. The sign outside the building says Barry's Cheese Steaks -- a restaurant in Louisville, Ky. -- but the...
CALL TO PRAYER: The tear bottle
By Frank S. Page EDITOR'S NOTE: This column by Frank S. Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, is part of his ongoing call to prayer for revival and spiritual awakening for our churches, our nation and our world. NASHVILLE (BP) --...
Is the SBC in a golden era of theological education?
By Jason Allen (EDITOR'S NOTE: April 26 is SBC Seminaries Sunday in the Southern Baptist Convention. Jason Allen is president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- Since the Southern Baptist Convention's founding in...
Heartland Interstate Strategy Road Rally
The Missouri Baptist Bikers in coordination with the Heartland Interstate Strategy (HIS / I-29 Corridor) is inviting you to participate in their 2015 Ride and Rally. Missouri Baptist Bikers are cruising Interstate 29 this summer in support of a church-planting effort...
ERLC summit: Reconciliation is Gospel imperative
by Tom Strode NASHVILLE (BP) -- The Gospel of Jesus is the solution to America's racial divisions, speakers said on the opening day of a Southern Baptist-sponsored leadership summit. Black, white and Hispanic pastors and leaders addressed the issue of racial...
Don’t Miss the Story of the Bible
Jesus isn’t just part of the Bible story; He is the point of the Bible story. by Ed Stetzer There are great stories in the Bible…but it is possible to know Bible stories, yet miss the Bible. – Ed Clowney This quote should caution us as preachers, teachers, and church...
GenSend mobilizers recruit students for summer missions
By Kristen Camp ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- Abby Hughes is one of only two Generation Send (GenSend) campus mobilizers in the Northwest who is taking on the responsibility to find other college students to participate in GenSend 2015. “I have been working alongside my church,...
Resurrection power fuels new church plant
by Kevin Ezell, President of the North American Mission Board ALPHARETA, Ga. (BP) -- One of the things I like best about being at the North American Mission Board is hearing all of the great stories about how God is at work through our church planters in North...
