2015: A Year That Will Live in Infamy?
In the grand tradition of “year in review” TV specials, I draw your attention to several of the most momentous events and trends of 2015.
GARBC Resource Center Relocates
After a nearly two-year process, the GARBC Resource Center relocated on May 4.
Leaving a Legacy When a Church Closes Its Doors
Closing a church does not have to mean the end of ministry. It could offer the beginning that a new church is desperately praying for, or the encouragement a ministry needs to keep going.
Why Subscribe to the Baptist Bulletin?
While reading the latest edition of one of the three magazines I subscribe to, I have to take a moment to answer why. Why, in this day and age, do I single out three specific publications?
Building and Rebuilding with Baptist Builders Club
Michael Nolan, director of Baptist Builders Club, has good news for six churches. While the churches had received financial aid from Baptist Builders Club in the past, their subsequent progress encouraged the board to grant or loan them additional money.
A Gift That Lasts
Across the country, new GARBC churches are being planted, and established churches are outgrowing their buildings. Pastors are looking around their aging facilities and seeing …
Judge Rules Fellowship Hall Tax Exempt
The fellowship hall of Northmoreland Baptist Church will be exempt from taxation, says a Wyoming County judge.
49 Happy Years at the Same Church
Richard Ahlgrim retired Jan. 31 from Berean Baptist Church, Springfield, Ill., after 62 years in pastoral ministry. He spent the last 49 of those years …
Life Lessons from the Round Pen
At age fourteen, two events in Bob Toomer’s life shaped his future ministry: he received Christ as his Savior and he rode his first colt.
Ellis Gaston’s Truck Stop Ministry
If you happen to stop in at the Travel Center of America (TA) Truck Stop in Kingman, Arizona, at 7:30 a.m. on any given Sunday, …
Planting Churches in Changing Times
By H. Joseph Miller The mission of the church is missions, which is planting reproducing churches. Our changing world significantly impacts worldwide church planting with …