SBC Life Articles by Rebecca Wolford

NASHVILLE (BP) -- When a woman walks into the medical clinic operated by Agape House in northwest Tennessee, she won't find evangelism tracts or Bibles in the waiting room. While she waits nervously to have an ultrasound to confirm her pregnancy, she won't be judged regardless of her circumstances. And if she tells the clinic staff that she's considering having an abortion, she will be given all the information she needs about her child, but won't be pressured into a decision.

Agape House is one of thousands of pro-life organizations throughout the country on the front lines of elevating the sanctity of human life.

The SBC Executive Committee has named a permanent advisory group to continue to equip, inform, and empower all Southern Baptists for the spread of the Gospel.

Last December, the SBC Executive Committee staff had the opportunity to serve some of the aged ministers and widows who receive assistance from Mission:Dignity, GuideStone’s relief ministry.

The seminar introduced tools and strategies that churches and individuals can use to more intentionally reach their international neighbors.

Syracuse University graduate Rebecca Wolford remembers key times of spiritual growth through Baptist outreach at the New York campus. "I really don't know where I'd be -- or who I'd be -- if God hadn't brought me to the Baptist Campus Ministry at Syracuse," Wolford writes. I remember knowing at that time that my faith was in crisis. Though I grew up going to church, I realized that I didn't have a true relationship with God, and I wasn't really sure what to do about it. I had enough trouble with human relationships; how was I supposed to have one with someone I couldn't even see?

NEWARK, Del. (BP) -- Ask Blake Hardcastle, director of the University of Delaware Baptist Student Ministry, for the best way to engage 22,000 college students with the Gospel, and his answer is clear -- reach them where they are, on campus. This large, highly-concentrated pocket of lostness is nestled in the heart of Newark, Del., at the state's largest university.

Baptist Student Ministry is an effective platform to gain access to college students who need the Gospel.

I really don’t know where I’d be—or who I’d be—if God hadn’t brought me to the Baptist Campus Ministry at Syracuse.

This summer, Richardsville Baptist Church announced some joyful news on their sign outside the church building: “18 souls saved during VBS.”