Erich Bridges

Despite the many excuses -- er, reasons -- people have for not answering the call to missions, God doesn"t give up as easily as we give up on ourselves, according to some of the 77 new missionaries appointed by... Continue Reading »

Lingering insecurities of youth mingled with anxiety about the future.... Continue Reading »

As the global population reached an estimated 7 billion in October, crowds in the United States and other developed countries were "occupying" various city parks and squares to protest corporate greed and other perceived inequalities.... Continue Reading »

Turpin joined more than 150 other pastors, lay leaders, Southern Baptist state convention and associational workers and North American and international missionaries at the first "ethn?CITY: Reaching the Unreached in the Urban Center" event, Oct. 20-22 at Park Slope... Continue Reading »

"The epicenter of the urban wave in North America is ethnic minorities," Troy Bush told pastors, lay church leaders and others during a session of "ethn?CITY: Reaching the Unreached in the Urban Center," held Oct. 20-22 at Park Slope... Continue Reading »

Ken McLemore"s church participates in strategic partnerships aimed at reaching people groups in North Africa and other challenging regions with the Gospel.... Continue Reading »

The great economic recovery-that-wasn"t seems to be settling in for the long haul.... Continue Reading »

The missionary, Tom Elliff (now International Mission Board president), had found a spiritually responsive group of people in one such place.... Continue Reading »

"Deep in the jungles of Central America, we found God"s passion for the lost, and for each other," Brent said during an appointment service for 77 new International Mission Board missionaries at First Baptist Church in Orlando, Fla., Sept.... Continue Reading »

God used this tragic event to call me out of the darkness of apathy and ignorance toward Muslims into the light of service and presence among this vast people.... Continue Reading »

When the jets slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field a decade ago, the life of Joseph Rose* began to change. A Christian college student, he knew little about Islam. He didn't know a... Continue Reading »

Once-stable governments in the so-called developed world, including our own, struggle to contain deep social and economic divisions tearing at the foundations of their nations.... Continue Reading »