Columbia, S.C. | Alex Lyons was touring the International Mission Board’s training center in late April, lagging behind the group, when he spied the life-sized, black-and-white Lottie Moon cutout familiar to many churches. And as Lyons is prone to do, he had an idea and acted on it. Lyons took a picture of Moon and […]
ERLC trustees name presidential search team
Nashville, Tenn. | Trustees for the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission selected seven from their group today (Aug. 14) as the team to search for the entity’s next president. A chairman will be named in the coming weeks, said an ERLC press release. Those serving on the team are: Traci Griggs, host of “Family Policy […]
Pressley talks about building up, moving forward
Charlotte, N.C. | It’s 6:45 a.m., and Clint Pressley is already getting loud in the shed. The correct nomenclature is, actually, The Shed. It’s a modest structure behind his home wall-to-wall with barbells, weights and racks collected over years, anywhere from garage sales to Facebook Marketplace. A few other guys – including area pastors – […]
Former Southern Baptist pastor, chaplain selected to lead Veterans Administration
Washington D.C. | President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a former Southern Baptist pastor to be the next head of the Department of Veterans Affairs. A native of Gainesville, Ga., Doug Collins was senior pastor of Chicopee Baptist Church from November 1994 through October 2005, according to the church’s annual church profile reporting. He also served […]
State convention ministry witnesses rise of the ‘generalist’
Nashville, Tenn. | Plato is credited with the origins of the phrase “necessity is the mother of invention.” As churches and denominational leaders have also realized, this reality led to the need for a different kind of staff member. It’s even more the case at the state convention level. To adequately resource churches across a […]
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