Partnerships keep Liberty churches in Haiti for the long-haul
Second Baptist and Pleasant Valley Baptist churches are partnering with others to assist the Caribbean nation to overcome the effects of a Jan. 12 earthquake.
Churches and investing
The strongest and most effective churches give a lot of attention to investing. They have a biblical mandate for doing so. One such passage is in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 6:19-21
Churches adapt to change by planting multiple campuses
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CBF leader seeks to rally churches to make up mission offering shortfall
ATLANTA (ABP) -- A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's leader is appealing to churches to step up contributions to an annual Offering for Global Missions running 30 percent behind projected receipts.
CBF leader seeks to rally churches to make up mission offering shortfall
ATLANTA (ABP) -- A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's leader is appealing to churches to step up contributions to an annual Offering for Global Missions running 30 percent behind projected receipts.
Barriers of attitude block people with disabilities from full inclusion in churches
A longtime advocate for people with disabilities said the greatest barriers to including special-needs individuals in churches are not architectural or language but rather barriers of attitude.
Analysis: Should Baptist churches adopt open membership? Yes.
Perhaps the time has come for Baptists today to ask in the same spirit whether or not Methodists, Catholics, Presbyterians and others who are genuinely committed disciples of Jesus Christ are true Christians and have been accepted by the grace of the Triune God into
Analysis: Should Baptist churches adopt open membership? No.
Should Baptist churches be encouraged to adopt open membership, or are there good reasons for not doing so? I would like to offer five of the latter.
Churches try varied ways to approach question of membership and baptism
Baptism and local church membership have been inextricably linked historically in the minds of many Baptists. But that view is shifting as a decline in denominational loyalty and the easy movement of American Christians among churches of all stripes have created what writer Phyllis Tickle
Barna: Four in 10 ‘unchurched’ have been hurt by churches
VENTURA, Calif. — Nearly four of every 10 "unchurched" Americans avoid worship because of negative past experiences in churches or with church people, according to new research by The Barna Group.