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Glorifying God in Singleness

We often fail the single among us in the church. We elevate the status of married Christians, even with our programming and our conferences, as if marriage is something to celebrate and singleness is something to survive. But there... Continue Reading »

CSU Launches New Tuition Promise Program Covering Housing, Food

Charleston Southern University has launched a new scholarship program for Pell-eligible students pursuing STEM degrees, nursing, accounting, aeronautics, kinesiology, or education. The Palmetto Academic Excellence (PAE) Award, like Charleston Southern’s innovative Buc Promise program, covers tuition for all four... Continue Reading »

New and Noteworthy Books — March 2025

Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, Fourth Edition (Crossway, 2021) by Mark Dever This is a revised and updated version of the classic work that God has used to revitalize so many unhealthy churches over the past 34 years.... Continue Reading »

Outfitter Church Leads to Reputation Restoration

Trent Fetherston had a reputation — the kind of reputation a man will get in an everybody-knows-everybody kind of town like Bar Nunn, Wyo., when he spends what seems like thousands of consecutive happy hours with a drink in... Continue Reading »

Circuit Riders Key to Reaching Wyoming’s Tiny Towns

Baggs, Bairoil, Glendo, Granger, Medicine Bow, Meeteetse — race past them at the posted interstate speed limit of 80 miles per hour, and one after another, every tiny town in Wyoming can easily look like the same blink-and-you’ll-miss-it blur... Continue Reading »

Osvaldo and Vanessa Lerma: Coming to America

They didn’t want to do it, but they had no choice. Ecuadorians Eduardo Vera and his wife, Juliana, walked more than 1,900 miles with their family, pushing Juliana’s elderly father almost the whole way on a rusty, discarded tricycle... Continue Reading »

Q&A with Michael Bryant, Dean of NGU’s College of Christian Studies

North Greenville University announced Michael Bryant as the new dean of NGU’s College of Christian Studies on Feb. 20 in a press release. He will replace the founding dean, Walter Johnson, who retired after the spring of 2024. This... Continue Reading »

Church Revitalization Resources Offer Help and Hope

Columbia Metro Baptist Association’s Church Health and Resources Team Leader David Waganer sees similarities between a 2024 news story of United States astronauts unable to return to earth and the pressing dilemmas some modern churches face to effectively share... Continue Reading »

9 Ways to Help Those who are Suffering

In the past month, what have you heard from those you love? Divorce, loneliness, layoffs, cancer, parenting struggles, disappointment, betrayal, conflict? Everyone we love will hurt and suffer. While we feel compassion, we often find ourselves at a loss... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist Pastors Plan to Bring So-called Law Amendment to 2025 Annual Meeting

Texas pastor Juan Sanchez is urging Southern Baptists to re-visit an amendment at the annual meeting this June that addresses the definition of pastor/elder/overseer in the SBC Constitution. Virginia pastor Mike Law originally presented an amendment to Article III... Continue Reading »

A Journey Planned in Advance

“You must be out of your mind.” No one said it. But it had to be what most reasonable people were thinking when they heard what Christian and Laura Rowland had decided to do. “When our church in Texas... Continue Reading »

Should I Stay or Should I Go? When to Consider Finding Another Church

It is the conversation with church members every pastor dreads, but inevitably comes to every man who has shepherded a local flock: “Pastor, we need to meet with you and discuss our future at the church. We have been... Continue Reading »