Southern Wisconsin has seen God move over the past 18 years. In 2005, the Southern Wisconsin Baptist Association, headquartered in Madison, had 13 churches. Today it has 36, thanks to church planting and new affiliations. Partnerships and trust were key ingredients in the associational resurgence. Director of Missions Mark Millman also serves as a church […]
EC presidential search team enters interview phase
Nashville, Tenn. | The search team tasked with finding a new president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee is on schedule to present a candidate at the SBC EC’s February 2024 meeting. In a statement released Monday afternoon (Oct. 23), search team chairman Neal Hughes said the team had been “blessed” with […]
NAMB’s Annie Offering exceeds $70 million, new all-time high giving milestone
Denver | North American Mission Board (NAMB) President Kevin Ezell announced Monday evening that in 2023 Southern Baptists gave an all-time record $70.2 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) for North American missions. Ezell shared the news during the annual fall meeting of NAMB’s board of trustees in Denver. For six of the […]
Teams move into Maui after wildfires
Maui, Hawaii | As wildfires raged out of control in Lahaina, local churches on the Hawaiian island of Maui that were outside the burn area immediately began grappling how they would respond. “We’re not going back to normal,” Pastor Jay Haynes of Kahului Baptist Church said. “There’s not really ‘going back to normal.’ There’s no […]
Lifeway reverses course, pauses shutdown of LifewayWorship.com
Nashville, Tenn. | In an interview on the SBC This Week podcast, Lifeway president Ben Mandrell announced the resource provider would not shutter LifewayWorship.com as originally planned but instead would enter into a time of discussion with worship leaders around the country on the best path forward for churches. “Our job at Lifeway is to […]
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