Younger Southern Baptist involvement rising
by Tom Strode NASHVILLE (BP) -- Southern Baptists appear to be defying the prevalent notion that young adults are abandoning the American church -- at least by one measurement. Attendance by younger generations reached a 10-year high at the Southern Baptist...
Village Voices “Retired” pastor continues in ministry through singing at senior community
By Pastor Lewis Markwood I was asked to create a “mixed” (women and men) choral group in The Village in Indianola, in September 2013. The Village is a community of about 225 older adults, ages 55-103. We live on a 50 acre campus in town homes, independent living...
Churches of the Baptist Convention of Iowa: Good job!
By Tim Lubinus, Executive Director/Treasurer In 2014, the results are in, and our Baptist Convention of Iowa affiliated churches gave significantly more to our state and national mission partners in 2014 than in 2013. Our Cooperative Program giving increased twelve...
CP 3.25% ahead of projection
By BP Staff NASHVILLE (BP) -- Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist Convention national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 3.25 percent above the year-to-date budgeted projection, and are 4.97 percent above...
Have questions for North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell?
By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer We have invited Kevin Ezell to be with us for a special video conference on Saturday, February 21 at 10:00am-11:30am at the First Family Church, 317 SE Magazine Rd, Ankeny, IA. This will be a great opportunity to hear...
The Most Frequent Burdens Pastors Face
By Chuck Lawless In my years of church consulting, I have spent hours talking to local church pastors. Much of the conversation revolves around church structure, vision, etc., but seldom does the conversation stay at that level. Pastors, it seems, long for someone to...
ERLC, Focus unveil 2016 Evangelicals for Life
by Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) -- Southern Baptists' ethics entity and a leading pro-family organization took a public, first step Thursday (Jan. 22) in mobilizing extensive evangelical Christian involvement in the annual March for Life. The Ethics & Religious...
SBC Churches: Own Up, Wake Up, and Rise Up
By Ronnie Floyd The 50,000+ churches and congregations of the Southern Baptist Convention must understand the urgency of this hour in which we live. As far back as I can remember, I know of no time more critical and more urgent than the one we are living in right now....
The church needs more tattoos
By Russell Moore U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) often tells audiences, “Republican Party events need more people with tattoos.” It struck me, as I heard him say this, that this is kind of what evangelical Christians ought to be saying about our churches. It struck me...
Russell Moore: Abortion and the Gospel
By Russell Moore As last Thursday, January 22, marked the forty-second anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, most Christians recognize, and rightly so, the loss of millions of unborn human lives. What we often forget is the second casualty of an...
