Yearlong training prepares Hispanic church planters in the West
BOISE, Idaho – Melvin Oliva, an active Christian for many years, started studying the Bible with purpose this August.
STATE MEETINGS: Dakotas and Colorado
Garvon Golden to serve as interim executive director of Dakota Baptist Convention, Colorado Baptists meet despite heavy flooding near church meeting site
Hmong association gathers to call new leaders
GREEN LAKE, Wisc. (BP) – The Hmong Baptist National Association (HBNA) gathered for its 34th annual meeting this year at the Green Lake Conference Center.
Indiana church wants to share its blessings worldwide
GEORGETOWN, Ind. – It’s probably hard for a pastor not to become complacent when he’s been at a solid church for 18 years.
STATE MEETINGS: New York, Alaska
New York focuses on relationships; Alaska Baptists celebrate 80 years.
Theology seminar on conversion brings people from around Utah
SALT LAKE CITY – Does God choose us or do we choose Him? This was the question considered by about 120 Southern Baptists and others from around the state of Utah at an event last month.
Questions can lead children to Jesus, ministry leader says
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – “I want to be baptized,” 10-year-old mostly-unchurched Jessica announced. When asked why, she responded with as much conviction as she could muster: “I want to be a better person!” Her Mormon step-brother had told her about baptism.
Emmanuel Farmington evangelizes to disciple
FARMINGTON, N.M. – Emmanuel Baptist Church boils its evangelism down to the single digits: Who’s Your One?
Asian-American Baptists on mission in southeast Asia
Three Southern Baptist Asian groups sent people overseas this summer, to Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and the Philippines. All reported amazing stories of God at work with and through them.
Slavic Baptists ‘hive’ more churches in the Northwest
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON – One Slavic church plant transitioned itself from speaking Russian to speaking English, then “hived” itself into two churches.
