Word&Way garners BCA, ACP awards
JEFFERSON CITY -- Word&Way garnered awards for work in 2010 from the Baptist Communicators Association and from Associated Church Press during spring media competitions.
Autonomous church model works in Sweet Springs
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Baptists Today launches Bible study curriculum
MACON, Ga. (ABP) -- Baptists Today, a monthly publication launched in 1982 as a flagship newspaper for moderates opposing conservatives for control of the Southern Baptist Convention, is retooling with features including a weekly Lectionary-based Bible study beginning with the June issue.
Soccer league opens church door for family
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (ABP) -- When the soccer season sponsored and funded by First Baptist Church in Kannapolis, N.C., wound down, Chris and Jennifer Roman realized they were going to miss the new friends they found while mingling with church families at the soccer field.
Soccer pulls church into community ministry
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (ABP) -- Charles Cannon built First Baptist Church in Kannapolis, N.C., when Cannon Mills provided both engine and fuel for the aging textile town 27 miles north of Charlotte. He wanted a good church for his workers, so he had First Baptist
CBF continues tornado response, prepares for needs from record floods
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) – With response to massive needs to April 29 tornadoes in the South still getting up to speed, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s loosely coordinated network of disaster-relief ministry turns attention this week to the worst flooding alongside the Mississippi River in
Congregations recovering gradually from recession
The recession was a double-barrel blow to American congregations—directly hurting their budgets while also stretching them thin due to increased needs for counseling, emergency housing and other social services.
Multisite fans view approach as good stewardship
Proponents of the multicampus church option cite flexibility, stewardship and the “spark” that newness can bring to ministry. But stewardship is also a key element of the model’s draw.
Wichita Falls takes church to Air Force base
When Pastor Bob McCartney arrived at First Baptist Church in Wichita Falls, he wanted to lead the congregation to minister better to two distinct populations—students at Midwestern State University and the airmen and their families at Sheppard Air Force Base.
Church start or church satellite? Decision can be difficult
Deciding whether to plant a new church that would one day function as an autonomous body or start an extension of the congregation in that targeted area isn't easy, according to church planting experts.