by Sharon Mager | May 29, 2026 | Compassion Ministry
The Transformation Center Offers Hope By Sharon Mager BROOKLYN, Md. — A young blonde woman in her mid-twenties arrived at the gym entrance of The Transformation Center (TC) on Fourth Street in Brooklyn late on a sweltering Wednesday afternoon in May. Her face was...
by Sharon Mager | May 24, 2026 | Missions, Uncategorized
The Mission Remains the Same By Sharon Mager PASADENA, Md. — After spending two decades serving on the mission field in South Asia, Chris Mauger, pastor of Grace Baptist Church of Sunset Beach (GBC), and his wife, Debbie, are discovering that many of the same lessons...
by Sharon Mager | May 24, 2026 | Perspective
Seize the Day By Ron Blankenship The following is adapted from a devotional by BCM/D President Ron Blankenship at the spring General Mission Board meeting. If you had your life to live over, what would you do differently? Perhaps you’ve pondered that question from...
by Sharon Mager | May 21, 2026 | SBC
Convention preview: SBC 2026 messengers heading to Orlando in June By Shawn Hendricks Southern Baptist families across the country will be making the familiar trek to Orlando this summer for the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting — and probably a stop at Disney. Back in...
by Sharon Mager | May 21, 2026 | Disability ministry
Jesus Sees, Stops and Loves — Do We? By Tom Stolle Imagine being lost. Imagine not knowing Jesus. Imagine a life in chaos. Now imagine someone inviting that person to church. Imagine that person desperately wanting to come — but they have a child with a developmental...
by Sharon Mager | May 18, 2026 | Disability ministry
FIRST PERSON: Special grace – standing for the vulnerable By Jeff Dalrymple with Kassidy Dalrymple I will never forget my first conversation with Tom Stolle. I know exactly where I was – driving through West Los Angeles in February 2023. I had to pull over as tears...
by Sharon Mager | May 11, 2026 | Collegiate Ministry
BCM Student Shares Story of Radical Transformaton By Sharon Mager TOWSON, Md. — Brandon Arnold, a Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) student leader with GraceLife ministry at Towson University (TU), said he attended church, wore a cross around his neck and called...
by Sharon Mager | May 10, 2026 | Revitalization
A New Season at Whitehall Baptist Church By Sharon Mager ACCOKEEK, Md. — When Brian Bailey first received a phone call asking him to consider becoming pastor of Whitehall Baptist Church, he was already deep in prayer, asking God for direction. “I was praying with...
by Sharon Mager | May 7, 2026 | SBC
Pastors, church leaders encouraged to participate in 2026 biennial church compensation survey By Roy Hayhurst/Guidestone DALLAS – GuideStone, Lifeway Research and Baptist state conventions have again teamed up to conduct the SBC Church Compensation Survey, the largest...
by Sharon Mager | May 2, 2026 | WMU
WOM Spring Retreat: Joy & Legacy By Sharon Mager JARRETTSVILLE, Md. — Women from across Maryland and Delaware gathered April 10–11 at the historic Camp Wo-Me-To for the annual Women’s Missionary Union (WMU) Women on Mission (WOM) Spring Retreat, centered on the...
