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...
Why Church Members Don’t Invite Others to Church
By Chuck LawlessSeveral years ago, more than one study showed large percentages of unchurched would consider attending a church if someone simply invited them. The problem is not the attitude of the unchurched; rather, it is often the failure of church members to...
FRESH IDEAS: Awaiting the New Pastor
by Diana Davis PENSACOLA, Fla. (BP) -- The entire church is waiting expectantly. When your church is in transition -- seeking a new pastor or other ministry staff member -- there are a few things any member can do:Help church leaders-- In any size church, the added...
Baptist Relief Volunteers Assist Wildfire Survivors
By Kristen Camp ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) teams began preparing meals and providing shelter on Sunday, July 20, for families affected by wildfires in Okanogan County Washington. The fires began Monday, July 14, after lightening struck...
New Wind in ‘House of Islam’
by Erich Bridges RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- The Arab Spring movement for freedom, which brought so much hope and expectation to the Middle East just three years ago, is stone-cold dead -- hijacked by Islamic extremists, brutalized by repressive governments, trampled into...
Living Water
Pastor Fred Luter (Franklin Avenue Baptist Church) traveled to South Asia with a group of American pastors. Seeing the masses who need to hear the Gospel, he calls on Southern Baptists to make world missions a priority. Living Water from IMB on Vimeo.
