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...
National CP behind budget projection
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee have exceeded $153 million dollars according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief...
They did what? I can’t believe it!
By Tim Lubinus Have you ever reacted when you heard about someone who does something really foolish and later found out that when you listened to the whole story the person wasn’t so foolish after all? “The one who gives an answer before he listens — this is...
Famine in South Sudan ‘worst in the world’
by Charles Braddix JUBA, South Sudan (BP) -- An escalating civil war is preventing humanitarian aid from reaching those most affected by famine in South Sudan, says a senior International Mission Board strategy leader for sub-Saharan Africa. "Pray for doors to open in...
Ed Gregory Joins BCI staff
Ed Gregory will join the BCI staff as a part-time staff member on August 1. As many of you know, Ed has been a long time pastor in Iowa, serving at Immanuel Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids (1982-1999), as a former BCI associate executive director (1999-2004), and more...
Baptist Help Continues For Washington Fire Survivors
By Tobin Perry CHELAN, Wash. – Gerry Roe can’t help but wipe away a tear when she thinks about it. An older gentleman limped on two crutches into an American Red Cross (ARC) feeding station servicing fire survivors at a senior center in Twisp, Wash. Though Roe was...
Suicide, Christians and the Church: A Reflection
By Dave Miller I can remember driving down the highway in Virginia in a state of depression. I’ve slipped into depression – probably a milder form than many have experienced – two or three times in my life. One was during my first pastorate, back in the late 80s....
