Discipleship and Small Groups: Four Commitments
By Chris McRae, BCI Discipleship Team Leader The church has often fallen for the temptation of trying to mass produce Christians. This has rightly drawn censure from those around us. Such a strategy has never, and will never result in the consistent reproduction of...
Harvest Apologetics Training Center Hosts Upcoming 3-Session Course
One of the most common statements made by believers in the American church is "I want to share my faith but I do not feel equipped to do so." This is unfortunate but so often true. God tells us in 1 Peter 3:15 to always be prepared to give a defense for the Gospel. ...
3 Tips for Reaching the Dechurched
Every church should be thinking about how to reach the dechurched By Ed Stetzer It is becoming increasingly important for the church to talk about reaching the dechurched in their communities. This sounds like a great idea in theory, but it presents a real challenge...
Send Conference 2017
Send Conference returns in 2017 at three new venues–Southern California (Feb. 3-4), Dallas (May 19-20) and Orlando (July 25-26). Each location offers insights and challenges that will benefit you and every member of your church. All three locales will feature...
The next generation, the heart of the Salt Company – Ames
By Sam Battaglieri The heart and drive of the Salt Company of Cornerstone Church is the next generation. The Salt Company is focused on reaching, teaching, and equipping college students, preparing them for a life-long walk with Christ alongside a local church and...
ANALYSIS: Missions, evangelism, service & risk in SBC DNA
by Roger S. Oldham NASHVILLE (BP) -- It used to be heard everywhere, whether at Southern Baptist Convention annual meetings, pastors' conferences, evangelism rallies, training events, or other venues where Baptists gathered during the latter half of the 20th century...
FIRST-PERSON: Do the work of an evangelist
by Jason K. Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- Gospel ministers, myself included, tend to identify most readily with the apostle Paul’s exhortation to “preach the Word” in his parting words to his understudy Timothy....
LifeSpring Church, Bellevue NE: Keeping missions in the forefront
by Karen L. Willoughby BELLEVUE, Neb. (BP) -- LifeSpring Church in Bellevue, Neb., where 1,200 or more people participate in weekly worship, helps defend America. More than half the congregation is active-duty or retired military, or employed as civilians at Offutt...
National CP 6.5% ahead of projection at mid-year point
by BP Staff NASHVILLE (BP) -- Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 6.5 percent above the year-to-date SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget projection,...
Replant brings children back to dying church
by Meredith Yackel ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (BP) -- Nancy Elliott found herself crying alone in the nursery. She had attended Calvary Church in Englewood, Colo., since she was 14. Now, for the first time, they had no children at church on a Sunday morning. "Not one child,"...
