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
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – Evelyn Stagg, a trailblazer for Southern Baptist women in ministry, died Feb. 28. She was 96.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) -- A seminary president who served on a committee that 10 years ago revised the Baptist Faith and Message to declare that only men should be pastors told students Sept. 14 that he was embarrassed by his former advocacy of women in
No one is certain who chose the Scripture passage tied to the theme for M-Counter, the Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union/women’s missions and ministry event April 9-10. But 1 Chronicles 28:8-10 became a starting point to honor North American Mission Board missionary Vivian McCaughan throughout the
ATLANTA (ABP) -- February marks the fourth annual Martha Stearns Marshall Month of Preaching, where Baptist churches are encouraged to invite a woman to preach. Associated Baptist Press asked Pam Durso, executive director of Baptist Women in Ministry since last July, about the emphasis and
Women outnumbered men in many Baptist churches in colonial America, but most of their names have been lost to history, church historian Pam Durso lamented.
By Jennifer Harris Word&Way News Writer “Called. We are all called,” said Vivian McCaughan, Woman’s Missionary Union/ Women’s Missions and Ministry specialist for the Missouri Baptist Convention, as she kicked off the 2008 M-Counter at First Baptist Church, Raytown. The two-day event