Greenville | This was Reese Lee’s last year at Super Summer. After graduating up to “gray school,” she’s entering college this fall and won’t be able to return as a student. This year’s gray school had 10 members and all of them have been attending Super Summer together since red school, when they were entering […]
First steps for disability ministry
Orlando and Du Quoin | While messengers to the SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando were hearing recommendations for ministry to disabled people, leaders at First Baptist Church of Du Quoin were working on next Sunday’s lesson for special needs children. “If you took all the people on our planet with disabilities and added them together, […]
SBC: Illinoisans join Crossover outreach
Orlando | More than 50 churches from across the country joined forces in and around Orlando, Fla. for the annual Crossover event June 1-6. Crossover takes place the week before the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting. It focuses on an evangelistic effort in the city and surrounding area where the meeting is taking place and […]
Uptown Church declares the name—again and again
Chicago | Large, colorful banners proclaiming the name Jesus Christ in multiple languages are part of the DNA of Uptown Baptist Church in Chicago. When the banners were first hung on the walls surrounding the old sanctuary, no one knew how important they would become. Originally, they helped beautify a 100-year-old building the church plant […]
Priority Now podcast offers advice on comparisons
Do you ever look in the mirror and think ‘I’m not good enough?’ If so, you’re certainly not alone. “I know women that, say that they’re too much, I always mess things up, God must be disappointed in me,” explained Amy Donathan during the podcast Priority Now. “We take the lies that we have, that […]