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First person: When someone in your small group 'hijacks the room"
2+ day, 11+ min ago (411+ words) One of the fastest ways to kill a small group isn't bad theology, poor leadership or even lack of preparation. It's one person who talks too much. We've all seen it happen. A Bible study begins with energy, curiosity and…...
Anti-trafficking ministry wins settlement in foster care dispute
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (391+ words) The anti-trafficking ministry Gracehaven can once again continue its ministry in Ohio to young female survivors after Montgomery County settled a lawsuit brought by the group for excluding it from the county's foster care system. Gracehaven, an affiliate of Central…...
First person: Ways your church can stay connected with graduates
3+ day, 11+ min ago (622+ words) Over the last several weeks, our churches celebrated with high school seniors as they graduated. Regrettably, churches too often lose touch with the students they helped raise when they go away to school. Perhaps these ideas will help your church…...
Baptist church leaders in India ambushed amid ongoing violence
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (1055+ words) At least three Kuki Baptist church leaders were killed and several others injured in Manipur on Wednesday (May 13) when armed groups ambushed their vehicles. The attack comes amid ongoing ethnic tensions in Manipur State in far-northeast India, where clashes between…...
Baptist leaders ambushed in India
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (1053+ words) At least three Kuki Baptist church leaders were killed and several others injured in Manipur on Wednesday when armed groups ambushed their vehicles. The attack comes amid ongoing ethnic tensions in Manipur State in far-northeast India, where clashes between the…...
Bond continues card-writing ministry, expands to helping raise foster care awareness
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (337+ words) Allison Bond said when she was in the fourth grade, her handwriting was horrible. And she remembers thinking, "I'm not going to use it for anything, so why learn it?" But God had different plans, she said. Now she runs…...
'It's been a radical change': BCM student shares story of transformation
5+ day, 10+ min ago (335+ words) Brandon Arnold, a'Baptist Collegiate Ministry'student leader with'Grace Life ministry at Towson University, said he attended church, wore a cross around his neck and called himself a Christian in high school while living with what he now describes as "false assurance....
Conviction of Northern Ireland Baptist stuns Kentucky friend
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (665+ words) Kentucky Baptist Danny Davis was stunned when he heard that a close friend was in trouble with the law. The friend, Clive Johnston, was found guilty of breaching a Northern Ireland abortion clinic's "safe access zone" while preaching an open-air…...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing NC Baptist in Hawaii
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (456+ words) The U. S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a North Carolina Baptist man who recently went missing while snorkeling during a vacation in Hawaii. John Weems, 75, a member of Beach Road Church in Southport, was last seen snorkeling off Kaanapali…...
American Idol winner Hannah Harper's faith shines in spotlight
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (307+ words) My wife and I don't watch many television shows regularly, but for some reason, American Idolis one of them. In the early days, I'll admit, I found Simon Cowell's sarcastic critiques of the various performers paradoxically entertaining, and the premise…...