In 2013, Van Meter resident Buck Robison approached the church for an opportunity to pay tribute to one of his former Sunday School teachers, Maxine Allcott. Mrs. Allcott was a Sunday School teacher in the 1950s for the...
Read MoreBy Rudy Gray, South Carolina Baptist Courier COLUMBIA, S.C. (BP) — Lt. Col. Derrick Riggs, serving in Afghanistan as command chaplain for NATO Special Operations and the Special Forces Joint Task Force, was beginning a...
Read MoreEditor’s note: This story contains information related to an IMB policy. The text of the policy follows the end of the story. By Anne Harman, IMB LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Citing urgency for reaching a lost world and unity with the...
Read MoreBy Chuck Lawless I admit it. I have a tendency to be a loner. I like my personal space and my private time. I recognize, though, that my tendencies aren’t always the best for a pastor. Here are my reflections on others like me:...
Read MoreBy K. Faith Morgan People-group ministry is often viewed as an international concern, but the executive leadership at the North American Mission Board (NAMB) is making an effort to highlight the importance and develop the scope...
Read MoreBy Bobby Jamieson Why must someone be baptized as a believer in order to join a local church? Because church membership is a public affirmation of someone’s public profession of faith in Christ, and Jesus has appointed baptism...
Read Moreby Susie Rain SOUTH ASIA (BP) — The Missouri pastor scooted to the edge of his seat in anticipation. He appeared to hardly be able to contain his excitement as the International Mission Board missionary described the...
Read MoreBy David Platt IMB exists to partner with churches to empower limitless missionary teams who are making disciples and multiplying churches among unreached peoples and places for the glory of God. In order to see “limitless”...
Read MoreBy Roy Hayhurst DALLAS — Virginia Pangle summed up what Mission:Dignity means to a pastor’s widow like herself. “I don’t have to worry about being cold, hungry or going without my medicine,” she said. Mission:Dignity, a ministry...
Read MoreHow are Christians to understand the data from the newest Pew study on Christianity in America? By Ed Stetzer As I’ve said before, Christianity is not dying; nominal Christianity is. Today, Pew Research Center released a...
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