Stacy Tucker-Potter has led women at her church to make handcrafted baby blankets for newborns of single moms as a way to show God's love while honoring her daughter, Lily. Lily, born prematurely with Down syndrome and a heart defect, died at two months old.
Retirement for Wyman Grindstaff of Springfield has meant trading one joy for another. For 36 years, Grindstaff took great joy in his career as a chemistry professor at Missouri State University. Now he finds that joy and fulfillment as treasurer, a cook, a teacher and
America’s divorce rate is the highest in the world, double that of Canada and triple either England or France, but most divorces don’t need to happen, marriage specialists Mike and Harriet McManus insist.
EASTON, Md. (ABP) – While many are celebrating pro-democracy movements in the Middle East and North Africa known collectively as Arab Spring, a Christian broadcasting ministry celebrates 15 years of wholesome family programming.
Clergy wellness means different things at different stages of a ministry, and ministers who come to Ministering to Ministers Foundation are at a point of personal or professional crisis.
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
Before a church launches a multisite ministry, it must select and secure a site, assemble a leadership team, raise funds and work through logistical details. But Northview Baptist Church in Lewisville has discovered the most difficult task sometimes may be education.
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Carol Bercian directs a ministry in Guatemala City that reaches out to people -- especially women and children -- who live in or on the edge of the city dump where they scavenge for food and for items to sell for food. The ministry provides
Being doers of the Word and not hearers only, as the writer of James put it, is required of believers. And it can be deeply meaningful, both to the doer and the recipient of the service or ministry. But in doing anything for God and