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Lake Lure church’s partnerships, faithful obedience transform South Sudan ministry • Biblical Recorder
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (681+ words) LAKE LURE, N.C. — Over the last 12 months, a Rutherford County church of about 130 members has helped plant a church, establish a Bible college and construct a school building in South Sudan. This fall, the church will send a team to dedicate…...
FIRST-PERSON: Why we need the whole church • Biblical Recorder
1+ week, 5+ day ago (564+ words) On any given Sunday, Southern Baptists worship God in more than 100 different languages. Nearly one-fourth of our congregations are predominantly non-Anglo. We are becoming an increasingly diverse convention, and that diversity is one of God’s gifts to us. That diversity…...
Georgia church’s mission team takes gospel to streets, campuses in DC • Biblical Recorder
2+ week, 4+ day ago (879+ words) BUFORD, Ga. — A mission team from Everlove Baptist Church of Atlanta returned from Washington, D.C., with a renewed confidence that God can use any believer, anywhere, to share the gospel. The team, made up of nine adults and seven students…...
Smallest, largest churches see strongest discipleship scores, according to Lifeway Research • Biblical Recorder
2+ week, 4+ day ago (954+ words) BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The size and location of a church may reveal more than we realize about the discipleship of its churchgoers. The latest Lifeway Research analysis of State of Discipleship study data finds churchgoers in the smallest and largest congregations,…...
Florida church invests in gospel work, future leaders in Cuba • Biblical Recorder
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1468+ words) CHIPLEY, Fla. — When Pastor Mike Orr returned from Cuba and stood before First Baptist Church Chipley to share what he had witnessed, he presented his congregation with a need. The Baptist seminary in Havana was growing. More students were coming…...
MedAdvance 2026 unites health care professionals to IMB missions • Biblical Recorder
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1264+ words) LUTZ, Fla. — More than 300 health care professionals, students, church leaders, missionaries and volunteers gathered at Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz, Aug. 13-15 for MedAdvance 2026, a conference designed to help believers use their medical skills and professional expertise to advance the gospel…...
FROM THE SEMINARIES: Seminary chapel speakers announced • Biblical Recorder
3+ week, 4+ day ago (370+ words) Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Spurgeon College have released the fall 2026 chapel schedule, featuring a lineup of denominational leaders, pastors and scholars who will address students throughout the semester. The schedule opens with the Convocation ceremony Sept. 1. “Weekly chapel is…...
Kentucky church’s large CP gift includes back payment • Biblical Recorder
3+ week, 5+ day ago (498+ words) LEXINGTON, Ky. — Giving to the Cooperative Program (CP) has always been the heart of Porter Memorial Baptist Church — and that commitment has never been stronger. That is evidenced not only by the church increasing its CP giving in recent years,…...
Finding the source of hope and joy in the city • Biblical Recorder
4+ week, 2+ day ago (885+ words) Michael Love noticed the Bible laid out on the table next to the man’s computer. He and his teammate, Emmett Grant, had walked into his café hoping to meet Aaron, the shop owner. Love asked him, “Do you read the…...
Hospitality the key to growth for one Georgia church • Biblical Recorder
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1082+ words) PALMETTO, Ga. — At Palmetto Baptist Church, becoming a member now involves more than walking an aisle. Prospective members take two classes, share dinner in Senior Pastor Lee Brewer’s home and begin building relationships before they are received into the church....