The Christmas season often is particularly poignant as larger congregations present cantata productions with multi-member choirs. Three smaller congregations in the Jefferson City, Mo., area joined their choirs to present that "big" sound for outreach in their communities this year.
Before Christians can bridge racial barriers to work together, they first must get to know each other in worship and fellowship, panelists and speakers told an interracial gathering at the predominantly African-American Zion Hill First Baptist Church in Nacogdoches.
Todd Mitchell, a 41-year-old Alabama pastor and regional strategist for the American Fellowship of Cowboy Churches, is the organization's new executive director.
KEUKA PARK, N.Y. (ABP) -- During its July 12-17 summer conference, the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America used a Christian couple who famously disagree over homosexuality and the church to model a respectful and peaceful dialogue about the issue.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- More than 1,200 people were challenged to be passionate about joining in God’s mission as 16 new field personnel were commissioned for full-time mission service by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship June 22.