Texas pastor finds community, support through Young Pastors Network
HEWITT, Texas (BP) -- For Michael Visy, senior pastor of Grace Church Hewitt, connections make the difference. Through a series of divine connections, he has found friendship, encouragement, and accountability via the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention’s Young Pastors Network.
Down a long lonesome highway, Nevada pastors gather to reinforce importance of fellowship
ELKO, Nev. (BP) — An example in contrasts, Nevada is home to the glitz of Las Vegas as well as the loneliest road in America. It appears on lists for both the fastest-growing and least densely populated states. The land has mountains but also vast deserts.
Cooperation Group’s essays explore ways Southern Baptists work together
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – Members of the SBC Cooperation Group want Southern Baptists to remember the Great Commission was not made for the Southern Baptist Convention, but the Convention was created for the Great Commission.
Southern Baptist baptisms and attendance grow, membership decline slows
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) – Baptisms, worship service attendance and small group participation all grew in 2023 among congregations affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, while the recent decline in total membership among congregations slowed.
Nashville churches step up to care for nations in their backyards
NASHVILLE (BP) – Brett pulled up to the unassuming farmhouse situated in the rolling hills of Tennessee with a box of winter supplies and clothes donated by local churches. He expected a language barrier with the Arabic speakers. The residents of the house were Egyptians who trace their Christian roots to the first century.
FIRST-PERSON: Impossible alone
“Impossible things are only impossible alone.” Though I was shaving and only halfway paying attention to the radio advertisements that were droning on in the background, that line caught my attention.
African and Caribbean pastors collaborate to engage diasporas in SBC life
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Ethiopian church planter Fisseha Tesfaye expresses excitement about the newly formed African and Caribbean Church Collective of the Southern Baptist Convention.
FIRST-PERSON: A faithful example
If there’s ever been a time in Southern Baptist life when we’ve needed an example of how to move forward in cooperation, it’s now.
Relationships drive Champion Forest’s support of urban churches
HOUSTON (BP) – Relationships drive Senior Pastor Jarrett Stephens of Houston’s multisite Champion Forest Baptist Church. Through his friendship with Detroit Pastor Torion Bridges, Stephens partners with a handful of pastors spreading the Gospel with few resources.
FIRST-PERSON: One pastor’s plan for cooperative ministry
When the search committee for FBC Mayfield contacted me in December of 2010, one of my first requests was for a copy of the church budget.
