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A Small Church Celebrates and Supports Each Other

National City, CA The River of Life (RoL) Church, like most of the nearly 200 churches in the San Diego Southern Baptist Association, is a small congregation. It is a friendly, English-speaking …

Three Essential Pieces of Advice for First-Year Replanters

Embarking on the journey of church replanting can be both exhilarating and daunting. It’s a venture filled with challenges, triumphs, and numerous lessons learned along the way. For those …

Chaplain receives presidential award

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Four thousand volunteer hours is sufficient to receive a Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award. Southern Baptist Chaplain Don Biadog Jr. has amassed more than 13,000 hours …

8 times when church is just ‘fun’

You might have assumed that my point in the title is a negative one—that is, that I’m railing against churches that elevate fun and fellowship over content and conviction. That’s …
Discipleship

Few things bear more fruit and have a greater impact on a local church than systematically and consistently investing in men. Read More The post 5 Truths for Investing in Men appeared first on …

As a young believer, I learned from older believers that we were supposed to evangelize lost people—but do so from a distance so you’re not stained by the relationship. I understand that …
Few church programs are as ubiquitous as Vacation Bible School (VBS). Churches across all denominations prepare for the summer influx of kids. It’s fun. You get to dance in the sanctuary! …
EDITOR’S NOTE:  The following is a book excerpt from “Willing to Risk it All for His Name’s Sake” written by Eric Reese. Eric and Ramona Reese have served with the IMB in …
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Recapturing Evangelism by Matt Queen, vice president for academic administration at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The …
Baptist Life

Rwanda? Kenya? No trip sounded right. So, Katie kept searching for the perfect short-term mission trip on the International Mission Board’s Go Experience website. Her women-only team from First …

Ask David Lee and Zoey Kim about the one thing that can push their ministry in Madagascar to the next level. The International Mission Board missionary couple will answer in unison, “More …
Ida Bennett Lusk, an International Mission Board missionary emeritus who shared the gospel in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Philippines, died April 11, 2024, in Brownsville, Tennessee. She was …
Hubert “Ted” Lindwall, an International Mission Board missionary emeritus who shared the gospel in Guatemala and Panama, died April 2, 2024. He was 93. Ted was born Jan. 3, 1931, in Kansas City, …
Brett, a church leader in Tennessee, pulled up to the unassuming farmhouse situated in the rolling hills of Tennessee with a box of winter supplies and clothes donated by local churches. He expected …