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
Churches often segregate their members along age lines. Sunday morning usually sees children in one wing in age-graded Bible study, with adults in another area and often split up age segments.
About a dozen young Christian men and women have made the rough-and-tumble Barberry Village complex in Gresham, Ore., their home. Their goal: create a sense of community in a chaotic neighborhood overrun with drugs, prostitution and gangs.
A congregation once primarily recognized as a “university” church, attracting professors and students, is more often seen today as “the church committed to its community.”
Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, high school seniors planned their last youth group mission trip based on need. Each year, associate pastor Kathy Pickett meets with the seniors to discern where to go on the summer mission trip.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Grace Baptist Church — once one of the fastest growing congregations in Charlotte, N.C. — sold its buildings and disbanded earlier this year.
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ABILENE, Texas — The beloved community — an ideal that shaped the American civil rights movement — was built upon the Bible, Emmanuel McCall stressed during the annual Maston Lectures at Hardin-Simmons University's Logsdon School of Theology.
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