LMCO, AAEO, CP up a combined $22.5 million through April | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – All three major giving streams in Southern Baptist life remain ahead of the previous year’s totals through seven months of the fiscal year.
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CP gives small Nevada church an outreach | Baptist Press
SUN VALLEY, Nevada (BP) – First Baptist Church of Sun Valley needs help. In everything but its Cooperative Program giving, that is.
An interview with Robin Hadaway | Baptist Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) – Though he’s a busy senior professor of missions at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Robin Hadaway will be somewhat of a hometown presidential candidate when the SBC Annual Meeting takes place in Anaheim this summer. Hadaway, and his wife, Kathy, live in nearby Oceanside, Calif., where…
Christian Lwanda warns churches: Don’t send missionaries to do God’s work if they don’t believe His Word
Kenyan-born Pastor Christian Lwanda was among the speakers at the final Together for the Gospel conference, where he urged pastors and ministry leaders not to rely on outside forces, no matter how well equipped, to do God's work.
MTG, Call Your Pastor
In this edition of A Public Witness, we highlight some of her greatest hits and consider what wisdom her own pastor might have for the conspiracy theories she promotes and the divisions she sows.
California church sheltering Ukrainians seeking refuge in America: 'It was just natural'
As thousands of Ukrainians crossed the border from Tijuana seeking refuge in the United States, a California church seized the opportunity to demonstrate Christ's love by offering them shelter.
Running short on money and members, 75-year-old Florida church holds final service
Running short on money and membership, a 75-year-old Florida congregation that dwindled to just 19 amid the pandemic, gathered for its final service a week ago.
An interview with Bart Barber | Baptist Press
DALLAS (BP) – Whether it’s from a video posted on social media or a microphone at the SBC Annual Meeting, you don’t have to listen to Bart Barber long before you know he cares about Southern Baptist polity. Barber, senior pastor of FBC Farmersville, Texas, is scheduled to be nominated…
Pastor leaves comfortable California life behind to plant new church 1,300 miles from home
For Pastor James Marini, life in pre-COVID California was pretty sweet, at least for him and his family. But after being called by God to leave his comfortable life behind to plant a new congregation, the Marinis put their lives in God's hands as they moved over 1,300 miles away to plant a Calvary Chapel in North Texas.
Retired bishop leaves UMC for new conservative church over ‘significant disagreement’ on theology
A recently retired bishop of The United Methodist Church has announced that he is leaving the mainline Protestant denomination for a conservative alternative that was launched on Sunday.
