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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 …

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.

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.

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.

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Welcome to Generate! This year the GARBC Council of Eighteen approved the merger of Regular Baptist Church Planting and Regular Baptist Builders Club into one organization called Generate.

It must be that God loves history, since He gave us so much. So should we. History is really His Story—God works in this world to draw humanity to Himself.

If your Sunday School attendance is declining or flatlining, consider taking the following five practical, corrective actions to see attendance increase.

As church builders, we have a heavenly inspection visit coming. Make plans now to ensure that the church construction is built according to Christ’s code!

For 50 years, RBP has maintained the same high quality of Bible teaching and gospel outreach that makes it the choice for thousands of churches every year.

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How do you pray when you find yourself in a season of pain with no end in sight?

No matter where you are on the path of sanctification, remember to keep looking to Jesus. I learned to love coffee only by studying and tasting.

Trueman’s new book addresses the sexual revolution and transgender phenomenon in light of the rise of expressive individualism.

We will all, Paul writes, be caught up “in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord” (1 Thess. 4:17). Can there be any greater promise than that? Can you conceive of any greater comfort?

This article compares the dispensationalist systems on two aspects of the sine qua non: literal interpretation and the distinction between the church and Israel.

Theology is for everyone. Michael Dellaperute investigates how average Christians and their pastors can change their attitude and approach to theology.

Joe is an average Christian. He is the first to admit he’s not pastor or deacon material.

Thirty-three years ago, the Lord privileged me to become the pastor of Wheelersburg Baptist Church, in Appalachian southern Ohio, where I presently serve.

How was I supposed to reach people all over the world when engagement with people wore me out?

Legendary football coach Paul W. “Bear” Bryant famously preached that “defense wins championships.”

In these times of turmoil and uncertainty, Christians can look to Jesus, learn from Him, and redeem the time.

Never once have I heard my father use a swear word, which I think is significant.

As another election approaches, Christians will be confronted with hard decisions.

What a blessing it is to know that our God remains in sovereign control (Ps. 103:19; Eph. 1:11).

Did you know that practicing gratitude can rewire your brain?

One of the great encouragements of our day is a renewed focus on the mission of the church.

A midlife crisis is usually described as a period between ages 35 and 60 when a person goes through a slump or questions the direction of his or her life.

Myron Houghton (1941–2020)

Too many Americans, including many Christians, believe science is best suited over other disciplines to reveal truth. It is past time to reconsider the limits of science.

Several years ago, while on a lengthy flight to a conference, I found myself sitting next to a young neurobiologist.

In many ways, James is a typical seven-year-old boy. He loves superheroes, Boy Scouts, and pretend sword fights. Unfortunately, his divorced parents agree on very little, including his gender.

Have you ever received a phone call that both surprised you and ended up turning your life upside down? If so, you will relate to my experience.

Previously, we argued that the soundest hermeneutical approach is what we are calling originalism. In this final installment, we will address some objections and questions that commonly arise from critics of originalism.

Gracious. This word covers a lot: kindness, courtesy, good taste, tact, compassion. Today churches need to be gracious in every avenue of communication.

“This whole thing started because I didn’t get my way,” says Pastor Pat Nemmers, lead pastor of Saylorville Church in Des Moines, Iowa. “And that’s why I love telling this story, because it puts me in my place.”

David Gunn examines an originalist interpretation of Scripture and non-originalist hermeneutical approaches that are in vogue today, offering reasons why originalism is far superior.

A new generation is emerging right before our eyes. The Millennials are now adults, and today’s current youth culture is dominated by members of Generation Z.

In recent American politics, we have been introduced to the concept of quid pro quo, a Latin phrase which refers to an exchange of goods or services that is offered with a contingency or expectation of receiving something in return.

It’s popular these days to say Biblical prophecy doesn’t matter in the larger scheme of Christian living in the 21st century. This issue of the Baptist Bulletin considers why dispensationalists disagree with that opinion.

Systematic theologies traditionally cover 10 topics of Christian doctrine. Almost without exception, the last one is eschatology, or the doctrine of end-times.

Two times in the last five decades dispensational theology—with its attendant views on the rapture of the church, the restoration of the nation of Israel, and the judgments of the Tribulation—has had a massive cultural impact.

Far too often we like to discuss theology or Christian living without first addressing the more fundamental issue: hermeneutics, the art and science of interpreting the Scriptures.

Every believer experiences the steep learning curve involved with first-time Bible study.

For as long as I can remember, I have always been a little sketchy about crossing bridges—especially ones that span a massive body of water.

Enter the celebrity pastor syndrome. Fame and stardom need not be restricted to Tinseltown—ultra-famous megachurch pastors are preaching, writing, and tweeting at a venue near you!

While our world is full of devastation, decay, and death, redemption is coming! One day King Jesus will return and make all things new (Rev. 21:5). In the meantime, how are Christians to relate to planet Earth?

A Biblical View of Environmental Responsibility By Christopher Cone The climate changed (pun intended) dramatically in 1966 when medieval historian Lynn White presented a groundbreaking …

By Ken Fields On a muggy May evening in 1982, a dozen 10-, 11-, and 12-year-olds with big league aspirations were fielding ground balls on …

By Larry Vardiman It’s tough as a Christian these days to know what to believe about the controversial issues in the news. So many voices …

By Al Franklin We believe in young earth creation because we believe in the authority of Scripture. Since the Bible is the Word of God …

By David Doran In the 1990s God used a string of biographies to burden my heart for a conference to promote missions among college students. …

This issue of the Baptist Bulletin explores how theologically rooted evangelism can become the natural outflow of believers’ lives.

The gospel is displayed through our lives, but it also must be proclaimed and explained by our words.

We don’t have to choose between the substance of the gospel and the beauty of the gospel. We are called to both.

Now is the time to tell your story. Because you do have a story. And it matters.

Remembering the High Cost of Unholy Living By Jeff Straub Editor’s note: The May/June issue of the Baptist Bulletin explored the phenomenon of ministry collapse …

A critical review of Andy Stanley’s Irresistible: Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed for the World.

Pastors are making news, and not always in a good way. This issue of the Baptist Bulletin considers three measures pastors and churches can use …

Funny thing about secret sins: they tend not to stay secret forever. And when God sovereignly brings to light the things that we would prefer to conceal, the consequences can be devastating. They certainly were for two highest-profile megachurch pastors.

The public demise of pastors should provoke us pastors to examine our hearts and to subject our own lives to scrutiny.

Pastor, what are you preoccupied with? Rather than preoccupying yourself with the day-to-day stuff that typically characterizes the role of pastor, what would happen if you were preoccupied with following Jesus?

Evangelicalism has been plagued in recent days by several well-known cases of ministerial malfeasance.

Well into adulthood we carry a tendency to always search for the greener grass, which can be particularly harmful within ministry contexts.

Dr. Myron Houghton, longtime theology professor at Denver Baptist Bible College and Seminary and Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary, has retired after almost 50 years of teaching.

The March/April Baptist Bulletin takes a look at the sufficiency of Scripture—even for dealing with today’s unique problems, as well those that have plagued every generation since Adam and Eve.

Many Christians see the Bible as a book about how to be saved and walk with Jesus, but don’t see it offering real insight into the most serious counseling topics.

If our goal is to bring the lost to Jesus and to help believers become more like Christ, are we equipping ourselves to apply Biblical solutions to modern problems like technology?

Drug addiction has a new face and is touching the families sitting in our church pews.

No one wants to become experienced with suffering. Yet for the last three and a half years, our family has walked through many times of suffering, as ordained by our sovereign, wise, and good God.

Witnessing a son or daughter charging hastily into destruction is a burden so heavy even the most resolute parents despair of bearing it.

The response of Christian leaders to abuse often betrays a superficial understanding of Biblical forgiveness.

Has God ever asked you to give up something precious to you? In my own life, God asked for three of my children.

This issue of the Baptist Bulletin looks at gender roles, Biblical womanhood, and discipleship.

How one woman changed her life’s path from planning to be a neurosurgeon to attending seminary with her husband.

The #MeToo movement has shaken the ground beneath the feet of modern American culture. We now find ourselves trying to regain our equilibrium as cracks have emerged in the foundation of virtually every institution.

The plot of the The Handmaid’s Tale forces us to ask, How do we as Christian husbands and wives interpret and implement the teachings of the Scriptures in our marriages?

As an unmarried female missionary, I am often asked to share my views on both singleness and women in ministry.

In the flurry of interest and activity for discipleship programs, churches may overlook the strongest discipleship ministry they already have—the Sunday School.

What doctrines affect the character of your church services? Should signs and wonders be the norm for believers today? How do we discern the genuine …

By David Gunn Numerous controversies have gripped the fundamentalist and evangelical worlds in the last century. Debates have raged over a whole panoply of issues: …

Does God Speak through Dreams and Visions Today? By Flip Michaels My first book, Five Half-Truths: Addressing the Most Common Misconceptions of Christianity, has moved …

Innocuous Circus or Insidious Campaign? By Brennan Wilson People crave excitement. With no shortage of available streams to drink from, entertainment—and the excitement it promises—finds …

Dealing with Accusations Biblically By David Strope Life was simpler when I was a child in the 1960s. No PlayStations, iPads, or computers. My brothers …

Waiting for Inestimable Glory By Bob Stevenson When I was young, Christmastime held a kind of reverent expectancy. The decorations, music, gifts, food, candlelight service …

Dr. Turk wrote three major academic papers in his lifetime. This brief survey of them will demonstrate his commitment to exegeting Biblical truth for the …

Dr. Jeremy Estrema was a student at Faith Baptist Theological Seminary from 1999 to 2002—Dr. Turk’s final years of ministry—and developed a special bond with …

Do you know a dying or plateauing church? How can new life be breathed into it? To help answer, Marshall Fant III lays out “A …

What comes to your mind when you hear the phrase “church revitalization”?

Regular Baptist Builders Club believes that local churches can change the world.

Do you remember when your church was started? When the movement began?

“The mission of our church is to make more and better disciples,” one pastor says. “We want to do that . . . everywhere.”

Clare Jewell, director of Regular Baptist Builders Club, discusses church revitalization and how a consultation typically works.

The preaching and teaching legacy of Dr. Ralph G. Turk has the ability can people in service to their Lord.

Change—it has come to the GARBC once again, as John Greening ends his tenure as national representative and Mike Hess begins his.

John Greening wanted to complete several tasks before turning over the role of national representative to his successor. “By God’s help,” Greening says, “mission accomplished!”

John and Daria Greening talk about their life and ministry as they exit their role at the helm of the GARBC.

Fellowshipping with the GARBC means that churches are also fellowshipping with one another. And when congregations work together, God can accomplish much.

As we enter a new era of GARBC history, we would do well to look back at the men whose lengthened shadows still influence us today.

The psalmist, writing long before the beginning of the New Testament era, left us an important reminder: “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”

Lupe Menzoza was preparing to teach the teen Sunday School class when he was informed of suspicious behavior in the church parking lot: “Someone’s in the parking lot, and I think they’re going through cars.”

While parents, like sherpas, have a responsibility to guide their children up the mountain of faith, ultimately it is their own two feet that bring them to the summit, where they must decide for themselves whether to trust Christ.

Read the most up-to-date information about the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches.

What is the “right” music for worship? What constitutes “wrong” music for worship? These questions, and the ensuing debates, have driven a polarizing wedge between otherwise like-minded churches.

What are the best practices for choosing church music? How can we find more unity in the Body of Christ and disagree without calling into question each other’s faithfulness to Christ, to orthodoxy, and to orthopraxy?

A pastor makes the case that musical form conveys meaning and that traditional forms are better suited to convey Biblical truth.

The Council of Eighteen recommends Mike Hess as the next national representative of the GARBC.

For some time John Greening had been telling the Council of Eighteen, “I am planning to retire soon, and I would prefer a search process begin sooner rather than later. Don’t wait to seek God’s man.”

The Council of Eighteen shares answers to common questions about its recommendation of a national representative.

When it comes to congregational worship, what are we actually doing and why are we doing it? Is there a right way? Is there a better way?

With the conclusion of his tenure just around the corner, the GARBC national representative is completing a few final initiatives, including investigating the possibility of helping churches provide for pastors’ retirement needs.

Read the most up-to-date information about the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches.

By John Greening Since the GARBC’s inception, solid expositional preaching and doctrinal purity have been association hallmarks. During the fellowship’s formative days, its leaders and …

Regular Baptist Press firmly believes God’s Word is living and powerful and more effective than any idea or philosophy man could ever dream up.

Three writers remember Billy Graham, “the man who should receive a lot of credit for my coming to Christ,” one writer says.

Baptists place a priority on the autonomy of each local assembly, and generally, this polity works well.

The 1950 photo of Billy Graham and Bob Jones III hints at a complicated story, full of colorful personalities reduced to a typical mid-century palette: black and white.

In the book of Ephesians, Paul encourages believers to be servants of Jesus Christ even in the midst of trouble.

This issue of the magazine offers insight in ministering to various generations.

Individual verses of Scripture realize their greatest potential when taught in their context that explains their true and full meaning.

One of the great challenges and blessings in a church family’s life is connecting and ministering to the generations.

A better understanding—through loving Jesus and sharing our stories—will help bridge the gap among generations.

In Batavia, New York, Pastor Don Shirk and Deacon Frank Klimjack have formed a tag team to train their local police department.

What would it take for us to embrace the obstacles in student ministry as opportunities for God to do something amazing?

Staying connected in a changing culture.

A recent trip to Asia targeted important objectives for Regular Baptist International.

Camp is hilarious in the most unexpected ways, and it is in those unexpected moments that impressions are made.

This issue is dedicated to church planting in the United States.

The growing trend in our Western culture of people having “non-Christian faith” or “no faith/unaffiliated” comes as no surprise.

Regular Baptist Ministries announces the appointment of David Gunn as director of Regular Baptist Press.

A leader of Converge addresses the importance of church planting.

The most effective way to reach the millions of lost people living around us is to plant new churches. But a mind-set change must precede a church planting movement.

Every local church should be involved in church multiplication in some manner, though not necessarily in the same way.

A healthy church is a reproducing church.

In honor of the 500th anniversary of Reformation Day, this article is the fifth in a series exploring the history and significance of the Protestant Reformation from a Baptist perspective.

At Involve Church, leaders focus on plugging people into a life of ministry through discipleship and service.

An interview with four Baptist missions agencies.

The September/October issue focuses on the relevance today of the five solas—those elegant expressions of Biblical truth that rose out of the Reformation.

Are you willing to walk at Jesus’ speed, or will you rush ahead because Jesus seems to be walking too slowly?

There is much in the spirit of the Reformation that resonates deeply and powerfully with Baptists, and rightly so.

Scriptural authority was the foundational issue for the Protestant Reformers.

Martin Luther wrestled with how a perfect, holy, sinless God could ever accept a sinful, unrighteous person into His righteous presence.

One of the most distinctive teachings of that faith, separating it from all other belief systems, is the resounding truth of grace (sola gratia).

Scripture clearly teaches that faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the only condition of salvation.

The more we connect God’s grace with His glory, the more we can see how this glory can be a part of our daily lives.

This fourth article in a Reformation Day series explores the history and significance of the Protestant Reformation from a Baptist perspective.

By John Greening Editor’s note: This issue’s “Front Row” is taken from the GARBC’s annual report for 2017. Read the entire report on pages 55–64 …

By Ryan Day “Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on …

Teaching eschatology is important, even though some teachers go overboard.

John Greening to retire after two decades of faithful service.

A letter from David E. Strope, chairman of the National Representative Search Committee.

In honor of the 500th anniversary of Reformation Day, this article is the third in a series exploring the history and significance of the Protestant Reformation from a Baptist perspective.

Five more important principles for perpetuating sound practices.

A conversation with Clare Jewell of Regular Baptist Church Planting.

Christians today face enormous challenges living out their faith in the public square. This issue of the Baptist Bulletin focuses on precisely those challenges.

If you see a tired ministry in the mirror, don’t settle for same old, same old. There are new possibilities to consider!

Five important principles for perpetuating sound practices.

It’s a bird; it’s a plane; no, it’s a . . . Flying Spaghetti Monster? Responding to scorn in an age of derision.

When social media and friends collide.

In honor of the 500th anniversary of Reformation Day, this article is the second in a series exploring the history and significance of the Protestant Reformation from a Baptist perspective.

Camping ministries foster spiritual growth and lasting change.

People in the military need your pastor. They need his prayers, and they need him as their chaplain.

On April 10, Neil M. Gorsuch was sworn in as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, bringing the nation’s highest court to full strength for the first time since the late Justice Antonin Scalia passed away last February.

This issue considers three death-related subjects: abortion, mourning, and the believer’s death to sin/self. Kimberly Ross gives an update in “The Battle against Abortion,” while …

While a few Baptist churches are in Hazleton, Pa., only one is focused on starting a multiethnic church.