Jonathan Howe

While church communications strategy may not sound like the most exciting topic, it’s one that is grossly neglected in thousands of churches across the country. Though it is important to engage your audience, once you have them engaged, you need to keep them informed. These seven keys will help.

While many churches have Facebook pages, most do not know how best to utilize the platform for Kingdom growth. So here are nine keys to getting the most out of your church Facebook page.

Not a week goes by when I don’t hear of a pastor leaving one church headed to another. It happens. We all get that. Unfortunately, some of the names or churches mentioned are the same ones I heard just months earlier. For this post, I’ll refer to anything shorter than 6-9 months tenure as a “short pastorate.

Southern Baptist churches gave more than $19 million through the National Cooperative Program Allocation Budget in January propelling the fiscal year total above budget for the first time this budget year.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) — North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell announced late Friday (Jan. 13) the tragic death of NAMB staffer Clint Clifton who died in a plane crash in Dawson County, Ga., late Thursday (Jan. 12) evening.

HONOLULU (BP)—Hawaii-Pacific Baptist Convention state executive director Chris Martin announced Friday (Jan. 6) he is leaving that position effective Feb. 17 to become the director of state, association, and network partnerships at the International Mission Board. Martin had served on the island for the past 18 years—the last nine as executive director.

NASHVILLE (BP) – While 2023 national giving through the Cooperative Program is off to a slower start than in the past, the December total was the highest this fiscal year – possibly affirming signs of a strengthening of the American economy after a season of record inflation.

NASHVILLE (BP)—Heading into 2022, then SBC Executive Committee chairman Rolland Slade knew it would be a challenging year for the entity. Just before the end of 2021, EC president Ronnie Floyd and executive vice president Greg Addison had resigned from their positions, nearly 20 board members had done the same, and the entity was undergoing a third-party investigation into claims it had mishandled reports of sexual abuse.

NASHVILLE (BP) – In the midst of ongoing financial challenges related to the economic aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, Southern Baptists have given more than $200 million through the national Cooperative Program Allocation Budget for the first time since 2008. Giving for the year totaled $200,452,607.68.

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary announced Friday (Sept. 23) that president Adam W. Greenway has resigned from his post effective immediately. The announcement follows an all-day meeting of the executive committee of the seminary's board of trustees and the seminary administration on Thursday (Sept. 22).