LIBERTY, Mo. —- Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Missouri has changed its name to better reflect its make-up. Effective Jan. 1, the group became Cooperative Baptist Fellowship-Heartland.
Praising the Lord after losing one’s job isn’t easy. But Pastor Robert “Bob” Loggins believes praise made the difference in his life and ministry after losing his position with the Missouri Baptist Convention in May.
Knowing many churches today operate with smaller staffs and greater demands on facilities and human resources than in the past, seminaries are responding with programs aimed at equipping future ministers with the business-oriented skills they’ll need to succeed.
One stitch at a time, the prayer shawl ministry at First Baptist Church of Madison, N.C., has created a network of love and blessing that has touched more than 1,250 people since its modest beginnings six years ago.
Sons who follow their dads into ministry say the experience is like a Father’s Day gift in reverse. Unlike other seminary-trained ministers, they can draw on
As more doors open to Baptist women in ministry, increasing numbers of pastor moms—and their churches—are looking for ways to balance the competing demands of the ministry and motherhood.
Congregations must consider several aspects when trying to decide whether to relocate their facilities -- their understanding of God's mission for them, finances, cultural changes and member needs, among a host of others.
CORRECTION: This story was edited May 9 to correct an error in the first sentence. We regret the error.
The Baptist Collegiate Ministries at Vanderbilt University has reversed course and now says it will not comply with the school’s new non-discrimination policy.
Word&Way is expanding its scope both geographically and among the wider Baptist family in an effort to increase our effectiveness to the Baptists we serve, just as others have done in the news journal's 116 years of service.