ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) -- A Hispanic Baptist pastor arrested last summer by immigration authorities won't find out until September whether he will be deported for a crime committed in 1995.
The old saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is a philosophy of not making changes where none are needed.
Sometimes, though, rules need to be broken. That's the case if you still haven't upgraded your church's wireless microphones.The strategy of entrusting important and critical things to those left behind was central to Christ's coming and to his home-going following the resurrection. Jesus still entrusts believers and all it entails today.
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First Baptist Church in Jefferson City has relied on the traditional small group concept — Sunday morning Bible study, youth ministry, single
Although Southern Baptist Convention politics shrouded the birth of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Missouri 20 years ago, leaders point to the strengths that helped it rise above the moderate-fundamental struggle and continue to be a vibrant ministry.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) -- Social networking tools using the Internet through computers and smart phones are powerful aids for communicating, but churches should have policies in place governing their use before problems arise, a computer programmer advised in a breakout session at the Cooperative Baptist
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) -- A dangerous thrill-seeking practice commonly called "the choking game" is claiming hundreds of teenage lives as it crosses the line from dangerous to deadly.
NEW YORK (ABP) -- A filmmaker promoting a movie based on his family's tragedy explained on national television March 25 how he not only could believe in a God that would allow his parents to be murdered and his family torn apart but years later
Rather than being cliques or cocoons, small groups should be launching pads for ministry into the everyday world.
Establishing small groups within a large church—heralded by some as a remedy to the drawbacks of burgeoning congregation size—is “good medicine,” but not a cure-all, according to a national study by Baylor University sociologists.