Turner lists postmodern challenges to be grasped by youth ministers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Citing the urgency to "reach out and disciple youth in the postmodern culture," Paul Turner listed 10 trends he said youth ministry leaders must understand.
LifeWay moves to serve churches more effectively
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--An organizational structure and leadership to strengthen partnerships between churches and the LifeWay Church Resources Division of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention has been announced.
LifeWay’s 4 missionaries recount efforts to multiply their outreach
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–In addition to working with Southern Baptist missionaries and introducing LifeWay resources to Baptists and other evangelicals in their regions of the world, LifeWay Christian Resources’ four missionaries spent much of their second year multiplying themselves by training others. The four serve in a LifeWay partnership with the International Mission Board. They are: […]
Mentoring is biblical mandate, Saddleback women’s leader says
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Spiritually mature Christian women serving as mentors to others are merely carrying out the biblical mandate that one generation is to teach the next, Janet Thompson told participants in the Women's Enrichment Ministry Leadership Forum, Nov. 14-16 at LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.
‘Spiritual growth, not entertainment’ seen in today’s women’s ministries
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Continuing spiritual and numerical growth in women's ministries in Southern Baptist churches were cited as signs of encouragement for the future by a speaker in the Women's Enrichment Ministry Leadership Forum, Nov. 14-16 at LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.
SBC women’s leaders urge balance in discipleship, evangelism, missions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–The life of a Christian woman and the women’s ministry of a church share in common the need for balance among discipleship, missions and evangelism, women’s ministry leaders from three Southern Baptist Convention entities said Nov. 16. Chris Adams, women’s enrichment specialist at LifeWay Christian Resources, Laura Savage, ministry consultant at Woman’s Missionary […]
LifeWay resources play part in Venezuelan evangelistic effort
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Church as it’s supposed to be. That’s how “Share Jesus Without Fear” author Bill Fay characterized the outpouring of God’s spirit in an intensive six-day witnessing and discipleship seminar held earlier this month in Venezuela. Approximately 300 people ranging in age from 10 to senior adults paid their expenses for the seminar followed […]
T. Vaughn Walker receives Black SBC Heritage Award
RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)–The first African American appointed to a full professorship at a Southern Baptist seminary was honored Aug. 2 with the fourth annual Black SBC Heritage Award. T. Vaughn Walker, chairman of the black church studies department in the school of theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., received the award at a […]
McCalep calls praising God weapon of spiritual warfare
RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)–While “Praising the Hell Out of Yourself” is a catchy title for a book, George McCalep wants people to know its roots are in the Bible. “We want the word to get out that there’s victory in the praise. Praise has been given to us as a weapon in spiritual warfare,” McCalep, pastor […]
