LEWISVILLE, Texas (ABP) — Before a church launches a multisite ministry, it must select and secure a site, assemble a leadership team, raise funds and work through logistical details. But Northview Baptist Church in Lewisville, Texas, has discovered the most…
Hybrid multisite model uses multiple approaches
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (ABP) — Covenant Fellowship in Huntsville, Texas, functions as a hybrid multicampus church as a means to give birth to autonomous congregations across the state and the nation. While he was pastor of First Baptist Church in Huntsville,…
Multisite multiplication
(ABP) — The term “multisite” or “multicampus” church might first bring megachurches to mind. But as it has developed, the church-growth model has taken on many forms to serve a variety of purposes and ministry contexts. Ministry Some churches use…
Texas Baptist Men clear trees, lift spirits following Alabama tornadoes
COTTONDALE, Ala. (ABP) — As Don White from Mount Pleasant, Texas, sawed limbs off one side of a tree felled by tornadoes, Bil Barkley trimmed branches on the other side. In a matter of minutes, the tree was cut up…
Race relations: Progress slow but steady
ATLANTA (ABP) — Two men who have been in the fray a long time believe race relations have improved in the U.S. 150 years after the start of the Civil War — at least enough to justify encouragement. Carroll Baltimore,…
School district sued over religious activity
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee filed a federal lawsuit May 2 alleging a pattern of promoting Christianity at public schools in Sumner County. A complaint filed on behalf of nine students from four families…
BJC says National Day of Prayer proclamation ‘unwise’
WASHINGTON (ABP) – Despite a recent court ruling that a law establishing a National Day of Prayer cannot be challenged in court, officials at the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty said such official religious declarations are misguided and unnecessary….
After 30 years, moderate advocacy group ends nominee endorsements
RICHMOND, Va. — For the first time in 30 years, Virginia Baptists Committed will not endorse a slate of nominees this fall for officers of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. The decision, taken at the moderate advocacy group’s semi-annual…
Texas Baptist Men chainsaw crews headed to Alabama
DALLAS (ABP) — Six Texas Baptist Men disaster relief teams have been deployed to serve in the wake of devastating tornados in Alabama. Five chainsaw teams and a shower unit are on the scene or soon will be en route…