Cooperating for the Gospel

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (BP) – Southern Baptists have hidden treasure in the Caribbean: the Convención de Iglesias Bautistas del Sur de Puerto Rico (CIBSPR) – in English, the Convention of Southern Baptist Churches of Puerto Rico. But it won’t be hidden for long if Luis Soto and Felix Cabrera have anything to do with it.

RENO, Nevada (BP) – Mark Morton was a sergeant with the Reno Police Department when he was called in 2005 out of the congregation to be the pastor of Granite Hills Baptist Church.

MOSCOW, Vermont (BP) — The last 20 months in a new location and different ministry context have made several things clear to Gerald Hunt, associate pastor at Grace Bible Church. He knew ministry would be different when he and his family moved to Vermont in November 2021. But since then, it has become apparent how […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (BP) – Summer plans for many young adults look like taking vacations or returning to their hometown, but for more than 50 students throughout the South Carolina Baptist Convention (SCBC), plans look like living on mission through the North American Mission Board’s GenSend program.

BISMARK, N.D. (BP) — A group of 26 Mississippi Baptist Convention Board pastors and ministry leaders met with peers within the Dakota Baptist Convention this week and representatives from the North American Mission Board, spending four days strategizing and dreaming of future partnerships toward spreading the Gospel.

FORT SMITH, Mt. – Bighorn Baptist, the only church of any kind in this town established a mere 63 years ago in 1960, does what it can to minister in its community.

Recently I was asked to speak at a gathering of pastors in an association in our state. As most denominational leaders know, these meetings can sometimes turn into a discussion of all the things that are wrong with the SBC in light of the turmoil of recent days.

LAKE WALES–Tres iglesias en una instalación, que llegan a tres grupos distintos de personas, es un atisbo de la obra de Dios en su máxima expresión, cree Scott Markley, pastor principal de First Baptist Church de Lake Wales.

GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) – As a tuba player, Berlioz was one of my favorite composers. He composed dissonance in the deepest ranges of the orchestral score and extend that tension until resolution was as anxiously welcomed as it was intricately composed.

SCOTT DEPOT, West Va. (BP) – Only four out of more than 200 churches in the West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists average more than 300 in Sunday attendance. That makes cooperation essential, says Executive Director-Treasurer Eric Ramsey.