Discovering Southern Baptists through an array of resources
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Southern Baptists seem to show up everywhere when people are searching for answers amid times of upheaval and emptiness.Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers clad in yellow shirts and hats are quickly amid the debris and anguish from hurricanes...
Fighting the real enemy
By Allen Raynor ROGERS, Texas (BP) -- Much of the language in the New Testament is of a militant nature. Believers are often referenced as soldiers. Warfare is a common theme and words like battle, fight and defeat are used regularly. The real enemy is Satan and this...
Gearing Up for Growth
By Ben Simpson Are you gearing up for growth? Brothers and sisters, we are heading into the fall of the year, which is a prime time for church growth. I’m so excited to see what God is going to do! Perhaps you’ve not thought about it in this way, but there are at...
Be Undaunted : Overcoming Sexual Abuse
by Polly House Forgiveness is the only cure for a sexual abuse victim. If you were sexually abused as a child, you might think you will never get past it. But, once you are able to forgive your abuser, you will find freedom from it. Josh McDowell endured this...
Annual Meeting Resolutions Due September 5, 2014
Resolutions serve two primary functions in the life of the Baptist Convention of Iowa. They express appreciation and they extend special recognition for special achievements. Resolutions adopted by the executive board or by the messengers in session are not binding...
Unequally Yoked?
by Tim Lubinus On the mission field I learned a principle for ministry partnership that has wide ranging implications. Here it is: effective partnerships should be mutual, not one-sided. Revolutionary? This principle is really quite simple. The best partnerships are...
Once Dying Church Re-Launches After Closing, Begins New Focus
by Tobin Perry JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (BP) -- When Jim Jackson became the pastor of Faith Fellowship Church in Johnson City, Tenn., in January 2013, his first move wasn't what most people might expect. He closed the church. The church had been near its end for several...
Former Muslim Shares His Own Damascus Road Experience
by Julie Payne/The Alabama Baptist BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Karim Shamsi-Basha felt like his head was literally going to explode -- then everything went dark.The photojournalist, working at the time for Alabama's Birmingham Post-Herald newspaper, was covering a church...
Pastor Memorizes 35 Books of Bible
by Michael McEwen DURHAM, N.C. (BP) -- Andy Davis' office has two of four walls filled with books. Most of them -- Bible commentaries, books on counseling and church history and more -- nearly stretch from floor to ceiling. Memorizing Bible verses, passages and whole...
When the Battle is Yours
By John Shaull, Regional Catalytic Church Planting Missionary I mentioned in my last article that because we are spiritually “broken” people we don’t always think right, feel right or do right. Not only that, but according to Ephesians 6:10-20, we are in a spiritual...
