Salt Company celebrates 10th conference
DES MOINES, Iowa (BP) – About 6,000 college students were challenged to use their lives for the cause of Christ at the recent Salt Company conference.
Connecticut church starts new year with new pastor, same missional mindset
MANCHESTER, Conn. – It’s a new year and a new pastor at First Baptist Church here, but some things don’t change.
Church planter reaching Appalachia’s booming Hispanic population by looking, listening
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (BP) – Henry Garcia had no desire to leave his native Colombia. The college-educated and seminary-trained Christian leader was responsible over 20 years for more than 30 church plants in Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru, and for the development of most of the pastors serving the ever-multiplying plants.
Small churches remain big givers to Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
NATIONWIDE – In a convention of generous churches, large congregations aren’t the only ones giving large gifts. In fact, small churches often give more per capita in support of international missions. Bend Southern Baptist Church in Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, where Bob Rose is pastor, gave $3,000 to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering in 2023, for […]
Posters, post offices and potlucks: Churches have many ways of promoting Lottie Moon offering
NATIONWIDE (BP) – It’s an idea probably 50 years old, but some Southern Baptist churches – such as Red Land Baptist Church in Cumberland, Pa. – still provide a “post office” for members’ Christmas card sharing, with the “postage” going to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions.
Utah team helps NC Baptist efforts to get families back in homes by Christmas
CANTON, N.C. – A team of six skilled tradesmen from Utah on mission in mountainous North Carolina worked eight-plus hours a day for five days last week, tearing out damaged pipes and putting new plumbing in three houses, plus a variety of electrical work on four others.
Pastors share how local churches are blessed by supporting Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
NATIONWIDE (BP) – How does giving to missions bless a local church? Pastors say their churches benefit from giving to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering in many ways.
Wyoming church’s people-first approach includes cooperative giving
CASPER, Wyo. – Susan Foery simply asked, “How can we help?”
Rural churches keep Gospel light aflame, meet community needs
AUSTIN, Nev. (BP) – Smack dab in the middle of Nevada is the tiny town of Austin, home to First Baptist Church, where Charles Vaughn has been pastor since 2008. The population has declined to about 100 people, down from 167 four years ago. Fifteen to 25 people attend services.
Northside Indy stays on its missions path
INDIANAPOLIS – Northside Baptist Church has already successfully completed its “25 by 25” campaign.
