Polly House

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–No matter how godly a male student minister is, he will never be able to teach a teenage girl how to be a godly woman. She needs a godly woman to do that. Given that truth, churches need to have ministry devoted specifically to teenage girls led by godly women of several generations, […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Having a large ministry budget or costly activities isn’t the key to successful girls’ ministry, according to leaders in the field. Girls want fun and relationships. They don’t care what it costs or if it costs anything. They just like doing stuff together. “You really don’t have to have much money to have […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–LifeWay Women has for years reached thousands of women through events such as Living Proof Live with Beth Moore; Going Beyond with Priscilla Shirer; Deeper Still with Moore, Shirer and Kay Arthur; You and Your Girl with Vicki Courtney; and other conferences. Now, they have gone live with “LifeWay Women Live,” a monthly […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–For campus minister JoAnn Scaife, guiding young adults into the world of adult ministry sometimes means taking them out of their comfort zones. Scaife took four Baptist Collegiate Ministry students from Tennessee State and Fisk universities in Nashville to New York City to experience missions in the big city last fall. They ministered […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A LifeWay Research publication has been named to the 2010 Golden Canon for the second year in a row.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Three things make a good Transformational Church consultant: a heart for churches, a teachable spirit and total dependence on the Holy Spirit.

RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)–Rita Stephens wasn’t even sure she wanted to be mayor. But she felt God saying, “Run,” and she obeyed. Stephens was one of 1,300-plus women who attended the National Women’s Leadership Forum hosted by LifeWay Christian Resources at LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center near Asheville, N.C. “I have done so many of the women’s […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--"If Sunday School isn't good, isn't worth the time, how can we expect people to come back?"       It's a crucial question, said Art Groomes, one of the speakers at the National Black Sunday School Conference sponsored by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.       About 250 pastors, church Sunday School directors, leaders and teachers from across the United States -- and even one from Bermuda -- attended the sessions at LifeWay's home office in Nashville, Tenn.       Groomes, bivocational pastor of First Family Baptist Church in Antioch, Tenn., underscored the importance of great expectations for Sunday School in sessions he led for conference veterans.       "People of faith need to be people of great expectations," Groomes said. In their Sunday Schools, he said, they should "expect new people every week; expect people to say 'yes' when asked to participate; and expect classes to grow and reproduce as every healthy thing does."       Achieving great expectations entails planning for good things to happen, especially having teachers who are prepared with the lesson, Groomes said.       School, someone you never expected to see," he said. "You have to have thought it through before they get there. Is there fresh coffee made? Are there enough chairs? ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--While large churches may get the most attention, small churches are the lifeblood of most denominations.

RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)--Few conferences begin as early as Black Church Week. The early praise service began at 6:15 a.m., before breakfast or even coffee.       Few go as late either. Evening preaching ended about 9:30 p.m., with ice cream closing out the day at the Nibble Nook at the LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.       In between were preaching, Bible study and training, with plenty of fellowship during meals around the tables.       "We've had a great week on the mountain, haven't we?" T. Vaughn Walker, senior pastor of First Gethsemane Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., told the 1,000-plus participants at the Black Church Leadership and Family Conference ...