FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABP) — When churches fall on hard economic times, one of the first thoughts is often to reduce the amount they give to missions. A Kentucky Baptist pastor believes they should do the opposite. “I think churches are…
HERITAGE: Salute to Hargrave
On Sept. 15, 1909 — exactly a century ago next week — Hargrave Military Academy opened its doors to receive boys whose parents desired that they be educated in a Christian environment. From 1975-2007, girls were admitted as day students….
OUT LOUD
“It looks like Afghans are created by God to be killed by human machines.” NIAMATULLA The 30-year-old high school teacher from Kandahar, who like many Afghans used only one name, was speaking after a bombing in his city that killed…
Taking ownership of the call
Two years into a three-year strategic partnership with a church in Grenada, Manly Memorial Baptist Church in Lexington noticed a change in its members’ attitudes toward mission. “We took a team of 15 last year and 11 this year to…
‘Keeping light on their feet’ is winning formula for Richmond youth choir
RICHMOND — Staying light on its feet and being ready to sing at a moment’s notice has been a formula for success, says the director of one church’s youth choir, which spent a week this summer in Washington and New…
EDITORIAL: Before we take up optometry
Way back in the 1980s when I was a young editor of The Deacon at the Baptist Sunday School Board (now renamed LifeWay, of course), Connie and I had the profound privilege of having James L. Sullivan, retired president of…
447 children reached by Klothes 4 Kids in longtime Lynchburg ministry
LYNCHBURG — It’s the time of year when newspapers are heavy with back-to-school sales flyers and parents are found wandering the aisles of stores with school supply lists in hand. Getting children ready for school means finding each item on…
Leadership conference to offer assistance, getaway
ABINGDON — “An Encounter with God” is the theme for the Southwest Leadership Conference, scheduled for Oct. 2-3 at Highland Fellowship Church in Abingdon. Jim Henry, former pastor of First Baptist Church Orlando, Fla., and former president of the Southern…
BTSR graduates — with youth — return to campus to ‘lend a hand’
The BTSR graduates and members of their Charlotte team posed on the steps of a seminary building after a long day working on the grounds. (Photos by Lindsay Marsh) RICHMOND — The grounds at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond underwent…