SBDR SEES SURGE IN SALVATIONS
From BP, B&R reports NASHVILLE — More than 2,100 professions of faith came as a result of the ministry of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) in 2021, which is nearly a record number for professions of faith in a single year for the ministry. The full total of 2,133 professions of faith is just one […]
SOUTHERN BAPTIST VOLUNTEERS MOBILIZING TO SERVE ‘OCEAN OF PEOPLE’ FLEEING UKRAINE
By Brandon Elrod Baptist Press POLAND — A Disaster Assistance & Response Team (DART) of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) and volunteers returned from Poland last week to survey ways volunteers from the United States might engage and serve Ukrainian refugees fleeing the invasion of their homeland. “We were the initial team to go in […]
DICKARD TO BE NOMINATED FOR PASTORS’ CONFERENCE PRESIDENT
By Lauren Erianson Baptist Press CLEVELAND — Daniel Dickard, pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C., will be nominated for president of the 2023 SBC Pastors’ Conference. Jordan Easley, senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Cleveland, Tenn., announced his intention to nominated Dickard in a video shared on social media Wednesday […]
WHITE STONES AND NEW NAMES
Women in Uganda find escape from brothels and hope for salvation By Caroline Anderson IMB writer UGANDA — Women in the slum brothels of Kampala, Uganda, are learning God has not forgotten them, there is hope and redemption in their life stories, and He has given them a new name. IMB missionary Allie White remembers riding in […]
FIVE CURRENT CHURCH ATTENDANCE TRENDS TO KNOW
By Aaron Earls Writer, Lifeway Christian Resources NASHVILLE — Most pastors know the individuals in their congregations who are missing. They don’t need research to tell them. Each week they look out from the pulpit and see the empty spot where someone used to regularly sit. What research can tell pastors is whether their church […]
CHURCH ATTENDANCE STALLS AFTER PERIOD OF RECOVERY IN 2021
By Aaron Earls Writer, Lifeway Christian Resources NASHVILLE — Compared to the beginning of 2021, more U.S. Protestant churches are gathering in person and more churchgoers are filling the pews. The return to pre-pandemic attendance levels has stalled, however, in recent months. The latest Lifeway Research study found, despite a new variant wave of COVID-19, […]
CHITWOOD: POLISH BAPTISTS HELPING REFUGEES WITH EVERYTHING THEY HAVE, LITERALLY
By Scott Barkley Baptist Press CHELM, Poland — Bus after bus arrived at the border, filled with women and children, separated from husbands and fathers. Most men stayed behind, now needed in cities and towns throughout the Ukrainian countryside. The grief of those who fled was palpable. It is one of many scenes International Mission […]
LITTON ANNOUNCES ‘GOSPEL-BASED RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE,’ WILL NOT SEEK SECOND TERM AS SBC PRESIDENT
By Jonathan Howe Baptist Press SARALAND, Ala. — Citing a growing desire to develop a strategy to “bridge our divides and bring about a Gospel-driven unity and reconciliation” and the need to lead as a “pastor rather than from the office of president,” SBC president Ed Litton announced on March 1 that he would not […]
BAPTISTS IN POLAND RESPOND TO SUPPORT UKRAINIAN REFUGEES
By Caroline Anderson IMB writer Polish Baptists and International Mission Board missionaries quickly rallied to respond to the needs of Ukrainian refugees crossing the border to seek sanctuary from the attack on their homeland. Josh and Bailey Krause serve with the IMB in Warsaw, Poland, and are the liaisons between the IMB, Send Relief and […]
SBDR, SEND RELIEF ENTER NEW WORKING AGREEMENT FOR DISASTER RELIEF
By Brandon Elrod Baptist Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — State directors of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) and Send Relief, the compassion ministry arm for Southern Baptists, entered into a new working agreement when SBDR directors gathered for their annual roundtable on January 27 in Albuquerque, N.M. The SBDR state directors affirmed the measure without any […]