The Cornerstone/Salt Company Church Planting Model
Pastors Tim Lubinus and Paul Sabino from the Cornerstone Church network share the story of Cornerstone, the Salt Company, their method for reaching students and raising up leaders, and their big dream to continue planting churches that plant churches, in order to...
The Essential Role of Partnering Churches
By Kevin Ezel If you connect with NAMB very often you hear a lot about church plants and the great need we have for adding thousands more in the years ahead. You also hear us talk about the need to revitalize the thousands of SBC churches that are dying or at risk....
Fresh Ideas: #Thanksgiving
by Diana Davis Try this simple, fun way to inspire church members to give thanks to God this Thanksgiving season. Use it for your entire church, or adapt it to fit a Bible study group or family Thanksgiving celebration. Step #1: Use white, legal-size cardstock paper...
Pastor care line offers confidential help
by Tobin Perry ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- Southern Baptist pastors struggling through personal or professional crisis now have a confidential place to turn, thanks to a new partnership between the North American Mission Board and Focus on the Family. The care line --...
Church Perseveres to Embrace People Group
by Paige Turner SOUTHEAST ASIA (BP) -- They sat on the floor of a home in a "T" people fishing village with their eyes fixed on the pastor from North Carolina. The men and women appeared to listen intently as he shared from Genesis how God created the earth. The group...
The Math Behind NAMB’s Send North America Strategy
By Kevin Ezell Southern Baptists are blessed with many resources and we are grateful for every dollar churches send to us for missions and ministry in North America. But at the end of the day we receive a finite amount of funding and we must prioritize spending. When...
What Is a Church Planting Movement?
The following is taken from David Garrison's book, Church Planting Movements. What Is a Church Planting Movement? In 1998, the International Mission Board's Overseas Leadership Team adopted a vision statement: We will facilitate the lost coming to saving faith in...
Cuban Christians ready to take Gospel to ‘ends of the earth’
By Thiago Molina During the past 20 years, God has poured out His Spirit across the island nation of Cuba until there are no longer enough churches to hold all the believers. In fact, Cuba is seeing one of the most rapid rates of church growth in the world. This...
The Top Ten Attitudes of Healthy, Long-term Pastors
By Thom Rainer In an earlier post, I shared the top traits of pastors who had long-term and mostly joyous ministries at one church. Another key insight I learned from these pastors is how they think. The first article, therefore, dealt mostly with their actions. This...
BCI Women’s Retreat “How sweet He is”
By Joni Wilkinson, WMU Coordinator “You will make known to me the path of life; In your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.” Psalm 16:11 On October 3-4, 2014, fifty-nine ladies, representing seventeen Iowa Baptist churches...
