Disciplemaking At Heart Of NAMB Urban Church Planting
By Joni B. Hannigan RIDGECREST N.C. – Dhati Lewis wants to remind pastors and church planters that a call to the pastorate is not merely a call to preach. Fresh from leading a workshop at the Black Church Leadership and Family Conference at Ridgecrest Conference...
Family man seeks more than American dream
by Carol Pipes NASHVILLE (BP) -- Joey Lankford's life was almost too perfect. He and his wife Courtney had a successful business near Nashville, Tenn., a big house, cars, money, two vacation homes, everything you could imagine."Life was good. I was making a great...
The Parachute Church Planting Strategy: A Closer Look
By Tim Lubinus I would like to use the parachute church planting strategy sparingly. This is a strategy that drops a church planter into a community where he doesn't really know anyone and no one really knows him. The planter is funded for a few years with...
Resources for the fight against global hunger
By Staff EDITOR'S NOTE: On World Hunger Sunday, Oct. 12, Southern Baptist congregations will address the hunger crisis across North America and around the world, many by focusing on the theme Hunger Happens Everywhere. Donations received are channeled through Global...
‘Don’t Labor in Vain Day’
By Steve Silver NAPLES, Fla. (BP) -- Most of us have worked hard to get where we are today. If you're like my wife and me, you periodically reflect back over your years of laboring. In our case, we can hardly believe it's spanned 43 years. Back in my second year of...
Frank McCrary to Coordinate BCI Disaster Relief, Ministry Expanding
The Iowa Disaster Relief Council met on Thursday, August 21, and with the impending retirement of Ty Berry, the council had much to discuss. Following the example of the early church (Acts 11:27-30), we agreed to actively move forward in recruiting and training...
‘Radical’ pastor David Platt elected IMB president
By IMB Staff Dr. David Platt, one of the most passionate and influential voices for missions among evangelicals, was elected president of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board Aug. 27 by board trustees, meeting at the IMB’s International Learning Center in...
‘3 Circles,’ on a napkin or with an app, conveys the Gospel
by Tobin Perry JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (BP) -- As Derek Staples prepared for a mission trip to Honduras, he was on the lookout for a visual way to express the Gospel. The church mission team, in setting up a medical clinic at a local school, would be sharing the Gospel...
Prayerwalk on SWCC Campus, Salt Company Creston Starting This Fall
Members of Crest Baptist Church in Creston and Geoff Safford from New Heights, Indianola, conducted a prayer walk on the campus of Southwestern Community College on August 20 in anticipation of beginning a new Salt Company collegiate ministry at SWCC this fall. In...
WorldCrafts Launches ‘Support Freedom’ Campaign
by Emily Swader (Birmingham, Ala.) – WorldCrafts SM launches the Support Freedom campaign this August to actively empower WorldCrafts customers and aid artisan groups working to free women trapped by human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Each year, by force,...
