Feature Article
Hopes and Fears
by Steve Van Winkle Pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church, Bozeman, MT I had a professor in seminary who draped his wrist in the ubiquitous rubber bracelet used to signify an array of causes and commitments […]
Month: November 2014
Feature Article
Stars. Sand. Seed.
by Keith Bassham As far as I can tell, the first time we encounter the word love in the Bible is in the story we call The Sacrifice of Isaac, and it describes Abraham’s affection […]
Feature Article
As it was told them
by Mike Randall Former editor of the Baptist Bible Tribune (1995-2002) The claims and teachings of Christianity are based on evidences and events that actually occurred. This concept is illustrated in the beautiful story of […]
Feature Article
Caring for pastor so pastor can care for the church
by Rosanne Bowman, Lima, OH This article appeared in The Lima News, October 15, 2014, and is reprinted by permission. Copyright 2014 The Lima News. According to statistics gathered by Maranatha Life, an international ministry […]
Baptist History
Henry Jessey
Scholar and Pastor by Doug Kutilek Throughout the 1600s and well into the 1700s, formally college-trained scholars were rare among English Baptists. Not because Baptists lacked men of intelligence or were particularly anti-intellectual, but because […]
Urban Current
Joy to the jail
by Charles Lyons “As a young man, with a well-earned street name of Satan, James Anderson said he could pull the trigger, drop his victim’s body at the edge of town, stop to eat chicken […]
On the Table
Christmas sand
by Keith Bassham One of my Bible college teachers — I believe the course was Christology — was relating to us the unlikelihood of a Hebrew prophet’s ability to foretell the place of Messiah’s birth […]
President Perspective
Communication is key
by Eddie Lyons Communication among the early churches was a high priority. When Paul wrote the book of Romans he wrote “to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints,” apparently […]
Worldwide Missions
The need for career missionaries – Part 2
by Jon Konnerup Last month I wrote concerning the need for church planting around the world. Acts 13 provides a clear example of the Antioch church fulfilling God’s plan of spreading the Gospel to the […]
Church Planting
Structuring for growth
by Dan Greer Over the past few months I have seen a groundswell of enthusiasm for planting churches in our movement or among those wanting to affiliate with our network. I regularly receive calls from […]