By David E. Prince NOTE: The 2015 ERLC Leadership Summit will address “The Gospel and Racial Reconciliation” to equip Christians to apply the gospel on these issues with convictional kindness in their communities,...
Read MoreBy Thom S. Rainer The story is too common, but I hear such stories repeatedly. My most recent conversation was with a church leader where an affluent church member offered to make a large contribution to the renovation of the...
Read MoreBy Paige Turner and Leah Zamora Supply bags in hand, the ministry team walked down the dirt path leading to the tin shacks set off from the main road. They spread two tarps across the ground like they do every week. The air...
Read Moreby Karen L. Willoughby KENOSHA, Wisc. (BP) –- It was all there in the church constitution, Lenard Tavernelli realized when he became pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church in Kenosha, Wisc., in October, 2013. He didn’t have...
Read Moreby Tom Strode NASHVILLE (BP) — Southern Baptists appear to be defying the prevalent notion that young adults are abandoning the American church — at least by one measurement. Attendance by younger generations reached...
Read MoreBy Pastor Lewis Markwood I was asked to create a “mixed” (women and men) choral group in The Village in Indianola, in September 2013. The Village is a community of about 225 older adults, ages 55-103. We live on a 50 acre...
Read MoreBy Tim Lubinus, Executive Director/Treasurer In 2014, the results are in, and our Baptist Convention of Iowa affiliated churches gave significantly more to our state and national mission partners in 2014 than in 2013. Our...
Read MoreBy BP Staff NASHVILLE (BP) — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist Convention national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 3.25 percent above the year-to-date...
Read MoreBy Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer We have invited Kevin Ezell to be with us for a special video conference on Saturday, February 21 at 10:00am-11:30am at the First Family Church, 317 SE Magazine Rd, Ankeny, IA. ...
Read MoreBy Chuck Lawless In my years of church consulting, I have spent hours talking to local church pastors. Much of the conversation revolves around church structure, vision, etc., but seldom does the conversation stay at that level....
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