When First Baptist Church in Bettendorf, Iowa, needed to decrease its Cooperative Program (CP) giving in a financial pinch this year, the congregation consented on one condition: that they could increase it as soon as possible back to its previous level of 16.5 percent of undesignated receipts. Leaders agreed, and First Baptist approved temporary CP giving of 10 percent.
Tommy Meely, Gary Hawkins, Vincent White Cloud and Bill Johnson pray with people at a service at Towaoc Baptist Church.
TOWAOC, Colo. (BP) – A dozen people made professions of faith in Jesus as their Savior and Lord, and many more requested prayer last weekend on the Ute Mountain Ute reservation south of Cortez, Colo.
Students gather for Graduate Sunday 2023 at Northport Baptist Church in Alabama.
NASHVILLE (BP) — Over the next month churches will hold the annual event known as Graduate Sunday. Those days may include tables of photos in the foyer, graduates in their caps and gowns, a meal for senior and a sermon by the youth pastor, leaving parents to wonder about the science behind the speed of time.
Pastor Steve Gaines speaks during the opening session of the Awakening National Prayer Conference held April 18 at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Photo by SWBTS
FORT WORTH (BP) — The question was as sharp as it was simple. “When you die,” Steve Gaines asked, “what do you hope to do in heaven?”
Dan Darling and Brent Leatherwood discuss maintaining a Christian witness in the public arena during an online forum April 22 hosted by the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) hosted an online event Monday, April 22, which focused on how Christians can approach political engagement, even beyond this year’s presidential election.
Tommy Meely, Gary Hawkins, Vincent White Cloud and Bill Johnson pray with people at a service at Towaoc Baptist Church.
TOWAOC, Colo. (BP) – A dozen people made professions of faith in Jesus as their Savior and Lord, and many more requested prayer last weekend on the Ute Mountain Ute reservation south of Cortez, Colo.
