Why missionaries put their lives on the line
By Daniel Burke and Ashley Fantz, CNN Missionaries inspired by Jesus to do good in places of suffering, Writebol's husband says (CNN) —It wasn't as if God's voice boomed through sun-parted clouds, telling Kent Brantly to move his family to Liberia. Still, the young...
“Is the state convention still even relevant?”
By Tim Lubinus It is a little jolting when a key leader asks if the organization that I give most of my time toward developing is even relevant. I think what he had in mind, is whether a state convention or a local association, is more relevant to cooperative ministry...
Children Celebrate Jesus at Metro Children’s Camp
Metro Baptist Association held its annual Children’s Camp on July 28-31. Thirty five children celebrated Jesus and learned about the race that we all are running for Jesus. We truly enjoyed this year’s new location at Willowbrook Bible Camp. Every evening our camp...
Iowa Churches Learn About Partnering With IMB
On July 28th, over thirty five people representing at least ten churches from across the state gathered at Cornerstone Church in Ames. They met to learn how Iowa churches can be more involved in sending and supporting missionaries through the International Mission...
Generation Send
Now wrapping up its third successful year, the Generation Send initiative has introduced almost 300 students to needs and opportunities for missional engagement and church planting in some of North America's key cities. Our 2014 GenSend missionaries served in Atlanta,...
Send North America Experience Tour
With an official September 8 launch in Boston, the Send North America Experience Tour will visit venues in more than a dozen cities this fall, bringing the Send North America vision to leaders throughout the northeast, south and midwest. In 2015 the Tour will make...
The Scourge of Designated Offerings
By Tim Lubinus Have you heard this one: “This generation of young people today will only contribute financially to what they can touch.” Missions organizations are accommodating this by setting up expensive short-term missions projects. Their thinking is that if...
CALL TO PRAYER: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
EDITOR'S NOTE: Frank S. Page, president of the SBC Executive Committee, has issued a call to prayer for revival and spiritual awakening for our churches, our nation and our world during 2013. Baptist Press will carry First-Person articles during the year encouraging...
Kids on Mission
Your kids have a place in God’s plan for reaching the nations! Help them discover their role with the new 2014-2015 quarterly subscription of Kids On Mission. Each release comes with a DVD-ROM containing 12 missions lessons and a leader’s guide. Plug missions into...
Southern Baptist churches must reach, baptize & disciple young adults
by Ronnie Floyd SPRINGDALE, Ark. (BP) -- I am burdened by the fact that 80 percent of our 46,125 Southern Baptist Churches reported reaching and baptizing only 0-1 young adults according to the recent Pastors' Task Force on SBC Evangelistic Impact and Declining...
