The year 2025 marked the 1,700th anniversary of the Nicene Council and Creed.

The last few years of my pastoral ministry have been quite the ride!

 Brother pastors, our calling is a privileged one.

God was at work in my dorm office that night.

A century ago, two eager young men on fire for God met in seminary and formed a close friendship that
would impact the formation of the GARBC in the northeastern USA, across the nation, and around the world.

Each week churches gather to worship the Lord Jesus Christ with songs and hymns that reflect biblical truth and appropriately express our hearts to God. …

“Jesus Over Everything” places every problem within His reach.

Where you focus determines your perspective, and in life and certainly in ministry, it’s easy to lose focus.

“We’re looking for a few good men.” With this phrase the U.S. Marines recruited men of courage, endurance, and mental toughness.

The exponential growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies has been riding a tsunamic wave of sustained news coverage.

Does the US Constitution grant religious liberty to American citizens? The answer is a resounding no!

In a world driven by social media, likes, and constant feedback, the desire for praise and affirmation from others can be hard to resist.

May these articles sustain you through the rest of the summer months.

We want to hear from you. Our desire is for The Baptist Bulletin to offer content that is what readers want and in the format …

The articles are not the most important thing in this issue.

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Jonathan’s blog and is published by permission. The original article and other thoughts on Christian theology and pastoring …

My grandma opens her pink cardboard box as she sits next to me on the couch, the soft glow of a lamp illuminating the room.

A decade ago (years before Frozen 2) my husband and I faced a life-altering situation that left us utterly rocked.

The following is an edited transcript of Mike Bullmore’s first message at the 2024 Annual Conference. 

Did you know that churches are responsible for caring for their pastors?

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in The Pastor: A Guide for God’s Faithful Servant, ed. by Jim Vogel, which is available at rbpstore.org …

I grew up hearing missionary candidates present their work and ask for prayer and monetary support.

It’s interesting sometimes how God speaks to you in funny ways.

It’s a new year and time for a renewed perspective on our association!

I loved being a youth pastor. Ask anyone who knew me back then, and they’ll tell you how I had a smile on my face whenever I was around young people.

Live collaboratively! That is the message of Proverbs.

Paul Melick’s soft, glistening eyes and warm, friendly smile are the first to greet members and visitors to Walnut Ridge Baptist Church each Sunday morning.

Your church is gasping for air. Will you call the doctor?

My inner Eeyore has been a bit visible of late. Typically a grateful person, I’ve been finding myself drifting into discontent.

“Every pastor is an interim pastor.”

Can you trust God? As children in Sunday School, we would shout a resounding yes to that question.

Pastor Danny Capon heard about “the glory days” soon after he arrived at Grandview Park Baptist Church, Des Moines, Iowa.

It’s easy to think that Christmas and happiness go hand in hand, but for some people, that may not be the case.

A day after Clare Jewell was chosen as national representative for the GARBC, he sat down for his first formal interview.

Churches that reach out in both formal ministry and informal presence, connecting with people to share the gospel of Christ, experience growth and blessing. 

Rebirth is the process of being born again.

A Brief Journey through Dispensationalism To many, the word dispensationalism brings to mind debates about the rapture or apocalyptic books and movies. Some think of …

Next Sunday morning in Horton, Iowa, Horton Baptist Church will be filled with people from a thirty-mile radius.

Regular Baptist International is forging new and stronger relationships with ministries in Liberia. In February, David Strope, interim national representative of the GARBC, traveled with …

God willing and messengers voting, a new national representative will have been elected at the Regular Baptist Ministries Conference 2024 in June.

As an observer in churches of all shapes and sizes, traveling week to week, here are some observations I’ve made along the way.

Like an umpire dusting off home plate so all can see it clearly, let’s sweep our home plate, addressing two key items.

In God’s providence, I was not pastoring a church during the pandemic.

A new day has dawned for Regular Baptist Ministries. The articles of this issue were written and edited prior to and in anticipation of Clare …

Over the past 10 years, Generate has given Regular Baptist churches nearly one million dollars in grants!

Discussing a relationship with Jesus Christ is, however, as opportune as seeing another human being.

The heavens continually reveal knowledge of God’s attributes, power, and divine nature.

Ah, the crack of a bat! It’s easy to get a baseball fan excited about spring.

Most of us will never meet Pastor Nang Za Thawn, but we’re related.

My wife and I are driving an SUV with a rather unique feature: around-the-corner headlights.

“Hello world!” On any WordPress website installation, these words pop up as the title of the default post.

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Imagine that the mayor of your town comes to saving faith in Jesus Christ.

We owe a debt of gratitude to the New England Puritan Jonathan Edwards.

What is your purpose as a Christian? Why has God placed you on earth?

Thirty-two years old. As I sat in my second PhD course, the professor gave an assignment concerning the Song of Solomon.

As I travel representing Regular Baptist Ministries in churches and association meetings, people often ask me, “Why RBM?”

Always hold forth the gospel of Jesus Christ, and never tire of it.

“We believe God is in this and we’re going to do this by faith.”

For fifty years I served with my wife, Sharon, in Asia-Pacific ministries and global missions administration.

Discovering Dispensationalism is well worth every pastor’s reading.

Churches dream that someone will call and say, “Is there anything at your church I can give a ton of money to?” That’s what happened …

“I’ve discovered a simple but astounding truth. More people come to Christ when we witness rather than when we don’t.”

When God—moving upon human writers—gave His Word, He determined its meaning.

We sometimes expect that as children of God, we should be spared trials and sorrow.

A more consistent approach to the Bible has withstood the test of time. We call it dispensationalism.

Symbols must be present to symbolize something!

The usually talkative deacons sat around the table in stunned silence as my words sank in: “I need a sabbatical.”

If you know the difference between a 401(k) and a 403(b), then stop reading this article.

Are you, an individual believer, relevant to the world?

The 2023 GARBC Conference took place June 26–29 on the campus of Corban University in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. 

“Regular Baptist Ministries continues to invest time, money, prayer, and effort in helping churches to be healthy,” says David Strope, interim national representative. Two of …

For anyone wondering if college scholarship programs are worth the hassle, look no further than Andrew Burman, a sophomore at Faith Baptist Bible College.

I once met a man in our neighborhood in Stockholm who, hearing that I was a Christian and a theologian, commented, “That must be tough.”

A growing number of churches and Christian leaders on both sides of the Atlantic are changing their positions on loving, faithful, same-sex sexual relations.

Churches naturally desire to be known as welcoming to their communities.

At the end of hearing challenges about going into missions, both my husband, Hubert, and I answered, “Here am I, Lord. Send me.”

When danger threatens, most people run the other way, but not first responders. They regularly run into harm’s way to rescue and protect those in …

When you hear the word chaplain, what image comes to mind?

“Chaplains go places in our communities that pastors cannot reach.”

Is Regular Baptist Ministries relevant in this cultural moment?

“It’s amazing how God can use us when we surrender our lives to the Lord,” says Mary Broeckert, M.D., in her book Present and Powerful: A Testimony of God’s Working in Medical Missions.

On the cover of this issue, Ron Faith, a Regular Baptist chaplain, visits the airfield that serves McMurdo Station, a scientific research center, in Antarctica. …

David Strope recommends Retractions: Cultivating Humility After Humiliation.

First Baptist Church, Spring Valley, California, planted six churches in twelve years.

Why Regular Baptist Ministries? Why the GARBC?

Philip De Courcy has a lot to say about “The Mandate.”

Broken promises. They’re an unfortunate manifestation of living in a fallen, depraved world.

For pastors, the last decade has presented a perfect storm of cultural upheaval, societal trends, and accelerated change.

I was unprepared for what lay ahead when I awoke on Monday.

The weather is part of our lives, no matter where we live or when we were born.

On the cover of this issue, three pastors look out what will be a window of a church in Durango, Mexico.

Susie Spurgeon, wife of Charles H. Spurgeon, was “a remarkable woman in her own right.”

New year. New look. The Baptist Bulletin, a front door to spiritually uplifting and thought-provoking articles, has undergone a renovation.

Theology That Sticks helpfully examines music in the church.

Christians need both a map and a motive.

A trend among some parts of evangelicalism is deconstruction: questioning or rejecting the Christian faith. I became aware of this issue through questions that students …

A dismantled faith. A departed faith. A deconstructed faith.

What is your church’s plan to find your next pastor?

I thank God for victories, growth, and progress at Regular Baptist Ministries and trust Him for what He will yet do.

Browse the archive of Norm Olson’s “Q & A” column, a question-and-answer column that explored God’s Word.

God is waiting for us to spend time with people who don’t know Him, Clare Jewell writes in his Fall 2022 Baptist Bulletin article “Do the Truth.”

In 1932, the first GARBC Conference—meeting in Chicago—was filled with “happy singing and warm fellowship,” says Paul Tassell in his book Quest for Faithfulness.

It’s here! If you’re a subscriber, the Fall 2022 Baptist Bulletin is arriving in mailboxes and inboxes.

In contemporary Christian churches, the subject of tithes and offerings can be controversial.

Wave a magic wand! It worked for Cinderella. Giving requests to a fairy godmother—that’s what prayer is like, isn’t it?

In the ministry world, sometimes a boost is needed to help things “take off”—to spark a renewal, draw people to Christ, and get them excited about serving Him.

When a person believes in Christ as God and Savior, immediately he or she receives a new spiritual nature and enters a close and permanent relationship with God.

The American landscape is blanketed by churches with no pastor.

Churches can Biblically respond to modern feminism with the beauty of God’s design.

by David E. Strope Ephesians 4:7 speaks of grace being given to each believer, a gift from Christ to us, His church. Specifically, Paul notes …

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The KJV translators were not KJV-only.

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I am thankful for an invitation from the editor of the Baptist Bulletin to provide more examples of archaeological discoveries that affirm our trust in the historicity and reliability of Scripture.

A constant struggle for any Christ follower is to fight off the temptation to be liked, to worship human favor as an idol of the heart.

America is facing a critical leadership shortage in the church.

Abortion remains a hot-button issue for Americans. Those who support it view it as a matter of fundamental justice for women. Those who oppose abortion view it as a matter of fundamental justice for the preborn.

Abortion remains one of the most contentious issues in American politics.

Fake news abounds! Several years ago, news spread like wildfire in Central America that Juan Orlando Hernández, president of Honduras, had banned homework for all Honduran students. Fake news!

For 23 years I wrote the weekly “Pastor’s Page” in the Ankeny (Iowa) Baptist Church bulletin, but now I no longer serve as a pastor. What, I wonder, might I name this national representative’s column?

How the local church can Biblically respond to modern misnomers by speaking the truth in love

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by Jonita Barram David Strope, retiring pastor of Ankeny (Iowa) Baptist Church, was appointed interim national representative of the GARBC following the resignation of Mike Hess. …

by Paul Weaver Incredible advances have been made in the field of Biblical archaeology in the last 70 years. These discoveries are of exceptional value …

by Michael Dellaperute Imagine this: You are on your way to speak to a small group of Christian students at a local college. They requested …

In July 2021, Israeli archaeologists digging in Khirbet el Rai discovered a 3,100-year-old jar handle with the name “Jerubbaal” inscribed on its side.

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.

After a nearly two-year process, the GARBC Resource Center relocated on May 4.

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.

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?

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.

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 …

The fellowship hall of Northmoreland Baptist Church will be exempt from taxation, says a Wyoming County judge.

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 …

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.

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, …

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 …