Should churches see debt as burden or tool for expanding ministry?
Increasingly, churches provide money-management seminars that offer participants advice on how to get out of debt and stay that way.
Drowning in Debt
There's no indication consumer debt has dropped significantly since then — or that Christians are immune. Stewardship sermons aside, many American Christians find themselves drowning in debt.
Itâs raining grandbabies!
Six days ago, Word&Way’s retired bookkeeper, Margene Neuhart — who has assisted us on a part-time basis since Jan. 1 — became a grandmother. Calvin Edward Jones was her and Eddy’s first grandchild. Their daughter Jesica gave birth to this little miracle of creation
Mikhovich: Be an optimist; plant churches now
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Black pastor: Gay marriage wedge issue
An NAACP leader terms efforts to divide the African-American vote “a racist ploy” by white evangelical political activists seeking to limit President Obama to a single term.
PNBC addresses prisoner reentry
The Progressive National Baptist Convention has set out to raise $100,000 to establish its first national center to aid churches in helping individuals re-enter and reintegrate into communities after being released from prison.
Billy Graham hospitalized in Asheville
Evangelist Billy Graham was hospitalized Aug. 11 for a suspected case of bronchitis, according to new reports over the weekend. It’s the second time in less than a year the 93-year-old Graham has been taken to Mission Hospital in Asheville, about 20 miles from his
Japan continues slow rebuilding, recovery process after disaster
A 12-member Baptist General Convention of Texas disaster recovery team recently spent a week in Sendai, Japan, providing follow-up care to Japanese tsunami victims. Rebuilding has been slow, they report, and pain, sadness and suffering linger among survivors.
NABF President Hill: Collaboration is key
Building relationships is key to most ministry, Churchnet (Baptist General Convention of Missouri) Executive Director Jim Hill believes. That's the concept he will rely on as the new president of the North American Baptist Fellowship.
UHBC ministers through school system, at MSU
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