A Chicago pastor has a solution to the violence in the Windy City, and he’s taken to a rooftop to proclaim it. Southern Baptist Pastor Corey Brooks is spending 100 cold and windy days and nights — Nov. 30 to Feb. 28 — on a rooftop nearly 40 feet above the streets, where he invites […]
New believers follow footprints of Jesus, their ‘trail boss’ A rancher in eastern Idaho spends two months each spring living in his rustic calving barn. He “calfnaps” when he can, since he’s awake at least every two hours, 24/7, checking on the birthing process and helping when needed. He doesn’t like to miss church, […]
When its copier was repossessed, Powdersville First Baptist Church believed the end was near. The remaining members drew up papers turning the church’s property over to the next-door neighbors. Former members heard the news and started returning, praying for God’s direction. That was nine years ago. “It’s a Lazarus story,” said pastor Brad Atkins. “The […]
As soon as Alisa Copeland arrived at the Lone Star Rally anxious about sharing her faith among throngs of bikers, she texted her 12-year-old daughter Alexis. “I’m so nervous,” Copeland wrote to her evangelistically inclined daughter. “You’ve got this, Mom,” Alexis replied. “You’ll do great!” Copeland was one of 44 Southern Baptists who together led […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: For information on Global Hunger Relief, which uses 100 percent of each gift to meet hunger needs, visit globalhungerrelief.com. Crosses made of paint stir sticks — 19,000 of them — have become a reminder of starving children worldwide to people in southwest Colorado. Each cross of 12-inch paint stir sticks stapled together and painted white […]
Special needs children and their families have a cadre of buddies at Stewartstown Baptist Church. To share God’s love with special needs families, the Pennsylvania congregation offers respite nights as an outreach to the community. Special needs children and their siblings come to the church for a fun night every other month while the parents […]
The Cooperative Program is personal to Pittsburgh Baptist Church pastor Kim Grueser and his congregation. “They asked if we could do the 1% Challenge,” Grueser said of the congregation. “When it hits you personally, you really understand the value of [the Cooperative Program.]” The pastor quickly rattled off three ways he has seen the Cooperative […]
First Baptist Church of Clearwater only draws about 40 worshippers Sunday mornings, but makes a global missions impact through the Cooperative Program. Bill Horn, bivocational pastor of the Idaho church, extols the Cooperative Program as unique. “There’s nothing out there like it. The Cooperative Program takes a rural church like us that doesn’t have a […]