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VBS partnership is creative solution

Published on October 1, 2008

What does a church do when it can't host its own Vacation Bible School? It gets creative!... Continue Reading »

Hawaiian kids claim Outrigger Island as their own

Published on October 1, 2008

The first-grader just had one question when Vacation Bible School was over. ?You mean we don't come back tomorrow?? No, VBS only lasts a week. But what the children learned lasts forever: God's truth is unshakable.... Continue Reading »

Outrigger Island not far for North Carolina church

Published on October 1, 2008

A mission team from Millers Creek (N.C.) Baptist Church decided to go to Hawaii to help with Vacation Bible School and to work at Hawaii Baptists? Pu?u Kahea Conference Center. They heard things like, ?Oh, a mission trip to... Continue Reading »

LifeWay Research finds Americans wary of political endorsements from pastors and churches

Published on September 24, 2008

As a hotly contested presidential election approaches, Americans strongly believe churches should tread lightly when it comes to political activity.... Continue Reading »

2008 Baptist Hymnal makes official debut in Nashville

Published on August 21, 2008

The new 2008 Baptist Hymnal made its official debut during a morning worship Aug. 8 at LifeWay Christian Resources? home office in Nashville, Tenn., and again that evening at the city's renowned Schermerhorn Symphony Center.... Continue Reading »

America’s beliefs: Shifting sand

Published on July 22, 2008

Various theologians and pastors have been warning us for years that if you de-emphasize biblical truth in the church, and more specifically in the pulpit, you will do so to the ultimate harm and destruction of the church.... Continue Reading »

LifeWay study adds doubt about Pew poll’s claim of ‘universalism’ among evangelicals

Published on July 7, 2008

In a partial release of a study planned for publishing in full this fall, LifeWay Research's findings about evangelicals? beliefs regarding the exclusivity of Christ differed from the recently published results from a Pew poll.... Continue Reading »

More than 88,000 kids accept Christ during VBS

Published on June 24, 2008

The numbers are in for 2007 Vacation Bible School, and once again they show that VBS is the most effective evangelistic strategy for most churches.... Continue Reading »

Pastors, average Americans view issues differently

Published on June 9, 2008

A majority of Southern Baptist Convention pastors believe the media has overstated the threat of global warming and that SBC resolutions have not been 'too timid? when they addressed global warming, according to a recent study on global issues... Continue Reading »

Duncan writers encouraged to fulfill ‘Great Commission’ through craft

Published on June 9, 2008

Art and Dotty Dennis sold the house, gave the furniture to the kids and stocked their new home ? a 30-foot Pacific Sea Craft named ?Fanta Sea.? They were sailing to an early retirement in the Bahamas. Or so... Continue Reading »

‘Simple Church’ hits No. 1

Published on March 28, 2008

'simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples? hit No. 1 on the Church & Ministry bestsellers list, based on national sales figures compiled by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.... Continue Reading »

2,000 and counting: Soul winner still going strong

Published on September 17, 2007

She is a 74-year-old widowed great-grandmother with diabetes, arthritis, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, no kneecaps, screws holding her ankles in place, and absolutely no shame when it comes to leading people to a saving relationship with Christ.... Continue Reading »