Myriah Snyder

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – As 2025 comes to a close, Lifeway Christian Resources reflects on a year marked by leadership transition, expanding ministry reach and a continued commitment to walk alongside churches as they make disciples. Across research, resources, training events and publishing, Lifeway remained focused on equipping the local church with practical tools for disciple making in a changing ministry landscape.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — This January, around 4,000 ministry leaders and volunteers will gather in Nashville, Ridgecrest Conference Center in Black Mountain, N.C., and the Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth areas of Texas for Lifeway’s VBS Preview events.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — When all nine campuses of Brentwood Baptist Church committed to reading through the Bible together, the church experienced real life change that didn’t just affect one ministry or group of people in the church; it changed families.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) -- Lifeway Christian Resources experienced another banner year in 2024, highlighted by the fourth consecutive year of revenue growth, the 100th year of ministry through Vacation Bible School and the largest camps missions offering in recent years. This year, Lifeway President and CEO Ben Mandrell announced Lifeway’s 2030 vision to clarify what the organization hopes to accomplish in the next five to 10 years.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — In January, around 4,000 ministry leaders and volunteers will gather in Nashville, Houston, Fort Worth and Ridgecrest, N.C., for Lifeway’s annual Vacation Bible School Preview events. These leaders will be immersed in Lifeway’s 2025 VBS theme – “Magnified!” As they learn the VBS songs and motions, play the games and preview the snacks and crafts, they'll be surrounded by decorations that bring the theme to life.

ATHENS, Ga. (BP) – Around 5,600 women gathered from churches across the United States for Going Beyond Live, the largest live event Lifeway has hosted since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) – Not only are churchgoers watching Christian movies, but some find them useful as an evangelistic and discipleship tool.

The first time God caught Peace Joo’s attention, she was in high school at a summer youth retreat in Texas. While rafting down a river, her raft overturned. The current was too strong. She felt herself being pulled under. But her youth pastor’s hand reached out and pulled her to safety.

Rebekah Lockhart drove past leafy, vibrant banana trees on her way to the airport in Uganda. As she passed them, she wondered if she would ever see them again. Was this the last time she would be in this land she had grown to love?

NASHVILLE (BP) – Brett pulled up to the unassuming farmhouse situated in the rolling hills of Tennessee with a box of winter supplies and clothes donated by local churches. He expected a language barrier with the Arabic speakers. The residents of the house were Egyptians who trace their Christian roots to the first century.