Veteran communicators tell SBC story
ST. LOUIS (BP) -- They have been firsthand witnesses of Southern Baptist history in the making. Through their lenses, desktops, and now laptops, they have shared that witness time and time again over the past 30-plus years. At the 2016 Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in St. Louis, close to 60 communicators -- some Baptist Press staff and others partnering alongside them -- served as the denomination's official media team. Among them were seven communicators who collectively have more than 150 years of experience serving ...
Behind the Scenes
At the 2016 SBC annual meeting in St. Louis, close to sixty communicators—the small Baptist Press core staff and many others partnering alongside them—served as the denomination’s official media team.
Legacy church planting revitalizes dying churches
COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP) -- A dying and dysfunctional church robs God of glory, said John Mark Clifton, national legacy strategy leader for the North American Mission Board, speaking during a panel discussion at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio. Approximately 10-15 percent of Southern Baptist churches are at risk of dying. Every year, about 900 churches close and lock their doors for the last time, with as many as 70 percent of them situated in growing neighborhoods, Clifton said.
Forgotten People Look Beyond Circumstances to Embrace World
They are the forgotten people. The individuals you might not even notice if you passed them on the street.
Desperate prayer leads ‘Miracle’ to trailer park
MONROE, Ga. (BP) -- She wasn't supposed to live. Born more than a half century ago to a 17-year-old mother, the newborn was not expected to survive more than a few days, if that long. Her mother, not yet a Christian, turned to the distraction of television, where a preacher inspired her to pray. She bargained with God that if He would save her baby, then her daughter could serve Him as a missionary.
Believers in trailer park ‘give everything they have’
MONROE, Ga. (BP) -- They are the forgotten people. The individuals you might not even notice if you passed them on the street. They are in every community. On the fringes of neighborhoods dotted with white picket fences. At the end of gravel roads that seem to go nowhere. The people who wash your dishes at the chain restaurant. Change your car's oil. Scramble your eggs at the local diner.
