RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — A Virginia Baptist committee exploring a possible renewal of Baptist General Association of Virginia ties with Averett University — ties dissolved in 2005 in a disagreement over homosexuality — has seen “positive” progress, says the committee’s…
CBF continues disaster response
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) – With response to massive needs to April 29 tornadoes in the South still getting up to speed, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s loosely coordinated network of disaster-relief ministry turned attention to the worst flooding alongside the…
Multisite fans view approach as good stewardship
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (ABP) — Proponents of the multicampus church option cite flexibility, stewardship and the “spark” that newness can bring to ministry. “You get the big-church bang … but you also get the pop and sizzle of a new…
Church start or church satellite? Decision can be difficult
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Perhaps a congregation has discovered a neighborhood or nearby community with no evangelical or other church presence. Or maybe the church has found a demographic that isn’t being reached with the gospel. Church leaders believe God…
Multisite ministry by any other name …
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,…