Rochester First Baptist Church had sent individual members on mission trips. What they hadn’t done, said Pastor Chad Williams, was send a team to serve together. In June, Williams and five others from his church traveled to Poland to serve alongside missionaries who are building relationships in a country characterized by institutional religion. “Like most […]
Mission
Task force report clarifies Baptist position on evangelism
Taking the gospel to the world is a critical task—one that will require Baptists to work together, reported a task force appointed by outgoing SBC President Steve Gaines. The group, named by Gaines at last year’s annual meeting, presented their report in Dallas, where it was adopted by messengers. Before the vote, the task force […]
Laying the groundwork
It was on a mission trip to Haiti that Sara Harriss saw and heard things that would change her family forever. Harriss, then a high schooler, went to Haiti with an IBSA student mission team two years after a massive earthquake devastated the country. The team stayed at an orphanage in Port-au-Prince. The plight of […]
If you build it…
“We want young families.” That was the dream of Pastor David Gray’s church, Sterling Baptist in Fairview Heights. But when Gray arrived as pastor in May 2013, there was not one child at the church. No preschoolers, no school-aged kids, no youth. Still, Gray, who had spent a few months as the church’s transitional pastor […]
Cross walk: Pastor takes hope to the city
Chicago | The idea came to him after preaching through the book of Jonah. If the prophet’s preaching judgment on Nineveh made the whole city repent and turn to God, Pastor Phil Nelson thought, what would happen if someone preached not just judgment, but hope? Nelson and a small team from his church, Lakeland Baptist […]
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