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FIRST-PERSON: Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered

Forced pastoral exits are crippling thousands of churches every year, as these sobering statistics prove:

FIRST-PERSON: Jesus is our way and our way marker

I recently made a wallpaper image for my phone, computer and external monitor. It reads: “Jesus is Lord. I am not.”

Baptism in totality, Gospel outreaches, church festivals mark solar eclipse

SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio (BP) – Pastor Billy Glover sought the best Gospel witness when 3 minutes and 52 seconds of totality covers Steel City Church in the solar eclipse April 8. He’s offering baptisms in total darkness in the church parking lot.

SBC DIGEST: National prayer conference scheduled; B&H releases Yarnell’s ‘God’

National prayer conference to focus on spiritual awakening, Great Commission; Are the people in your pews good theologians? A conversation with Malcolm Yarnell.

Refugee wants world to ‘hear how I found Jesus’

Manith Sanchez, a Cambodian refugee who fled Pol Pot’s brutal dictatorship in the late 1970s, had never heard the name of Jesus. But as she recalled her escape, the evidence of God’s provision for her was unmistakable.

Georgia county’s first Spanish-speaking church reflective of Hispanic growth

ROCHELLE, Ga. (BP) — Victor Lyons’ work in collecting information for the 2020 Census made it clear to him that Wilcox County reflected the burgeoning Spanish-speaking population of South Georgia.

Revitalized New York church transforms into church-planting powerhouse

PORT JEFFERSON STATION, N.Y. — When Michael (Mike) Rubino started attending Calvary Baptist Christian School on Long Island as a fourth-grade student, he never imagined God would one day call him to pastor the church that housed the school and then craft a vision for church multiplication.

FIRST-PERSON: The Prayer Team

Many years ago, when I stepped out of pastoral ministry into executive leadership, I was overwhelmed and knew I would not survive without spiritual support. I decided to write a column in the Northwest Baptist Witness asking for people who were already praying for me to form a prayer team. Note the careful qualifier – people who were already praying for me.

Prioritizing spiritual growth over ministerial productivity

Remember Martha? She was industrious, illustrating the adage that no one works harder than someone trying to prove she’s the only one doing anything. She was a pioneer of competitive baking, petitioning Jesus to check the scorecard and note her lead over Mary.

First Hendersonville prepares for the unprepared, sees 93 baptized

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — Out of the crowds attending morning worship services at First Baptist Church last Sunday, 93 didn’t realize they were about to step forward with a life-changing public proclamation.