West Virginia church works to reclaim its community
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A decades-long school backpacks ministry by North Charleston Baptist Church continues this month at a new location.
Japanese Planting Network filling need for more churches
TIGARD, Ore. – This fall, a Japanese-language church is to start in Chicago, adding to 52 others in the Southern Baptist Convention. A Japanese Baptist church in Tosu, on a southern Japanese island, started as a Bible study last year.
Cambodian Fellowship plans for the future
STATESBORO, Ga. – The Cambodian Southern Baptist Fellowship (CSBF) anticipates a “Joshua” surfacing in the near-to-middle future, but they’re not just waiting.
Vietnamese Baptists celebrate America, pray for revival
DALLAS – The Vietnamese Baptist Union of North America celebrated America’s 250th birthday during the Union’s annual meeting, which took place over the July Fourth weekend.
Filipino church develops generous disciples
PUEBLO, Colo. – For Arod Javier, the first-time pastor replanting Living Faith, church growth is not his first priority. Making disciples who make disciples is. If that happens, the Filipino immigrant believes, the congregation will grow in God’s way and in God’s time.
Colorado fire opens hearts to the Gospel
PUEBLO, Colo. – The Aspen Acres fire increased in size by 2,000 acres on Sunday, July 5, bringing the total to more than 89,000 blackened acres affecting three Southern Baptist churches near the San Isabel National Forest southwest of Pueblo, in Beulah, Rye and Colorado City. Evacuations affected about 11,000 area residents – 3,800 homes – before Sunday’s additional evacuations were announced for Coal Creek, Williamsburg and Rockvale.
Slavic presence grows in SBC
The number of Slavic churches partnering with the Southern Baptist Convention is on the rise.
Chinese gather for fellowship in Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Chinese Baptist Fellowship of the United States and Canada’s dinner Tuesday evening, June 9, at First Baptist Church of Orlando was a precursor for members of their biennial meeting set for September in Texas.
Florida panhandle church grows with focus
NICEVILLE, Fla. – The Church on Bayshore has grown from 500 in Sunday morning worship to more than 1,300 since James Ross was called as pastor in 2017. The reason for the growth, Ross says, is because the church shifted its focus to young families, and the church’s senior adults have supported that change.
Korean Baptists pass polity and ‘best practices’ measures
ORLANDO, Fla. – Two items of business at the Korean Council’s annual meeting that could have resulted in a great deal of discussion instead drew little because of previous conversations at the local and regional levels.
