CALL TO PRAYER: Our grand vision
by Ronnie Floyd EDITOR'S NOTE: Ronnie Floyd, senior pastor of the multi-site Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, is president of the Southern Baptist Convention. This column is part of the call to prayer issued by Frank S. Page, president of the Southern Baptist...
Informed, biblically-based giving advised
by Diana Chandler NASHVILLE (BP) -- With many in the U.S. expected to give more money to charities this Christmas season, financial experts are advising a biblically based, focused and well-educated approach to charitable giving. Christians should be careful to give...
Road to Freedom Biker Church Keeps on Rolling
Labor Day weekend found several of our congregation on the road to Tahlequah. Oklahoma, A weekend of visiting friends. family. and enjoying the Cherokee National Holiday while worshiping and praising God our Savior. We also watched the parade. attended the museum. ate...
2015 ERLC Leadership Summit
The 2015 ERLC Leadership Summit will address “The Gospel and Racial Reconciliation” to equip Christians to apply the gospel on these issues with convictional kindness in their communities, their families, and their churches. Speakers include Daniel L. Akin, H.B....
Love sent to Africa in buckets
by Lily Jameson NAIROBI, Kenya (BP) -- Rosemary opened up the five-gallon plastic bucket and pulled out gifts, including a set of new bed sheets. She clutched them to her chest. Her eyes filled with tears. Rosemary wouldn't even let her visitors help her put the...
The relevant call of Lottie Moon
by Randy Davis BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) -- A diminutive woman named Lottie Moon sat down at a table in China on Sept. 15, 1887, and penned a letter that would transform the Southern Baptist Convention forever. Lottie called for prayer and financial resources to ensure...
‘Batmom’ at biker rally unleashes her faith
by Karen L. Willoughby GALVESTON, Texas (BP) -- As soon as Alisa Copeland arrived at the Lone Star Rally anxious about sharing her faith among throngs of bikers, she texted her 12-year-old daughter Alexis. "I'm so nervous," Copeland wrote to her evangelistically...
Ten Troubling Statements Church Leaders and Members Make
By Thom S. Rainer If you want your church to move toward a slow yet certain death, make certain your church leadership and membership affirms most of these ten statements. They are troubling statements. Indeed they are proclamations that virtually assure your church’s...
Challenge to church ‘explodes’
By Connie Davis Bushey SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (Baptist & Reflector) -- "I knew God would provide and we would get along but I really didn't imagine this thing would explode," said Joe Thompson. What "exploded" during 2014 at Southside Baptist Church is phenomenal....
Mental illness headlines stir pastors to help
By Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources Evangelical leaders are increasingly speaking out about mental health issues. Many have begun to open up about their own bouts with depression or a family member's illness. Last month, The New York Times ran a front page story...
