Reaching A Lost Continent
Few people would debate that North America's "lostness" is deepening. Millions of people — in the United States, its territories, and Canada — still desperately need Christ. They need the gospel presented in ways they can understand. And they need churches to which they can relate. Though we in the United States have a profound […]
NAMB president sees ‘God’s people stand up’ during visit to New York
NEW YORK CITY (BP)--North American Mission Board President Robert E. Reccord witnessed firsthand Sept. 20-21 the devastation brought upon New York City by the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers.
"We've seen the bottom fall out, and God's people stand up," Reccord said after a brief tour of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief and chaplaincy sites. "We saw broken buildings and broken hearts, but not broken spirits."
Reccord was accompanied on the visit by his wife, Cheryl, and a small group of other NAMB leaders.
A Heritage of Sacrificial Giving
Sitting at my grandmother's kitchen table didn't seem the same without the smell of fried chicken and hot biscuits in the air. But I knew I wouldn't enjoy that inviting fragrance and warm feeling again, at least not there. We had attended Grandmother's funeral that morning, and now sat at her kitchen table going through […]
The Baptist 75 Million Campaign
While the Cooperative Program is now well-known and well-established among Southern Baptist churches, there was a day when cooperative giving was a bold, new idea. From 1919 to 1924, Southern Baptists participated in an unprecedented giving campaign that became the foundation for today's ongoing Cooperative Program. Prior to that time, special fund drives were common […]
