Cotton Farmer’s Faith Weathers Trials
by James Langston MAGOYE, Zambia (BP) -- Walking through his fields, Passmore Hacaba studied his cotton with the keen eye of a farmer. He is a tall, soft-spoken man and his large, brown hands are calloused from working the land."There is no good cotton in all of...
Replanted Church Grows From 13 To 1,300 In A Decade
By Tobin Perry CONYERS, Ga. – If Eric Suddith would have looked at Emmanuel Baptist Mission Church in Conyers, Ga., as only a business proposition in 2004 when he first encountered it, the Wharton-trained former businessman-turned-pastor likely would have given it up...
Week of Prayer for Iowa Missions, September 7-15
Next week is our annual week of prayer for missions in Iowa. We are asking churches this week or next to pray for and highlight some key ministries of our churches. To assist congregations, we have prepared a three-minute video called, “Is it Possible” that is...
WMU Foundation offers grants to aid victims of human trafficking
by Candice Lee (Birmingham, Ala.) – The WMU Foundation recently made $3,500 in grants to The WellHouse in Birmingham, Ala., and Turlac Ministries in Moldova, two organizations that fight human trafficking and aid trafficking victims. The grants were made from the WMU...
That one perfect church-planting model.
Recently one of our new association facilitators and I were discussing a church planting strategy for one of our county-seat towns. Because of my involvement in several church plants over the last few years, I let the facilitator know that I had prepared a strategic...
Ronnie Floyd, SBC President Challenges Baptists to ‘Join The Movement’
From SBC President Ronnie Floyd: I am convinced that our greatest need in America is another Great Awakening. By His grace, I pray that our Sovereign Lord will bestow such mercy upon His people and our nation, that we would experience the next Great Awakening. No...
Life So Far, A 10th Anniversary Celebration at Crossroads Community Church, Grimes
Crossroads Community Church in Grimes celebrated their 10th Anniversary on Sunday August 24th with a service titled, “Life So Far. During the Sunday morning service the church looked back over what God has done through Crossroads, and they looked forward to what God...
Washington Fire Survivors See God Work Through Baptist Relief Volunteers
By Tobin Perry TWISP, Wash. – Patty Wetzel already knew the life-altering devastation that can come when fire strikes her home. She remembers well the night 37 years ago—as a young mother—when she and her family were forced to flee their burning home while still in...
Platt assures new missionaries, ‘This mission will succeed!’
Editor's note: The appointment of these 50 missionaries is wonderful, but what really grabbed me about this story was the bit about the missionary couple choosing to serve a people group right here in the Midwest when their initial missions plans went awry. There are...
Swahili Baptist Church at Crestwood
After only 11 months in Des Moines, Congolese refugee Faustin Alobo has launched a Swahili language church. The new church is gathering at Crestwood Baptist Church near Drake University. Crestwood is currently hosting three foreign language congregations, the Zomi of...
