The Midwest pastor elected president of next year’s SBC Pastors’ Conference has pledged the lineup will represent small and medium-sized Southern Baptist churches. “I am both excited and I’m terrified. Brutally terrified,” Dave Miller posted on the SBC Voices blog following the election. Read…
NAMB debuts relief resources
The North American Mission Board launched a new ministry initiative in St. Louis to help churches meet physical needs in their communities, and deliver help and hope in the process. Send Relief will focus on a few key areas of need and work with local churches to send resources into communities across the U.S. Read…
Share the Gospel, finish well
Speakers at the SBC Pastors’ Conference preached on one passage during the 2016 meeting in the Gateway City, diving deep into the apostle Paul’s instruction to younger church leader Timothy. “Live This,” the theme of this year’s Pastors’ Conference, was taken from 2 Timothy 4:5-6, when Paul urges Timothy to “be serious about everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.” Read…
Metro East St. Louis: Fun leads to faith in 85 community projects across the region
One man said, “Last Sunday, I was going to kill myself.” The man told Eloy Rodriguez he had been in his car and was going to drive into traffic, but pulled back when he realized he wouldn’t only be killing himself, but the people in the other cars as well. But the man said he still didn’t want to go on. Rodriguez and his team shared the gospel and he accepted Christ as his savior. Afterwards, “that guy gave me the biggest hug I’ve ever had,” Rodriguez said. Read…
SBC Crossover: Churches lead gospel outreach on Illinois side of the river
Three months ago, Josef Latham was a self-described agnostic struggling with difficulties he didn’t know how to handle. He asked a friend what he should do, and she advised him to pray, believing God would hear him. Her advice eventually led him to First Baptist Church, Mascoutah, where he accepted Christ and was baptized on Easter. Josef shared his testimony at a community worship service hosted by the church as part of Crossover Read…
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