Missions in Our Backyard: Manchester Church Ministers to Migrant Workers

by Sharon Mager | Oct 13, 2025 | missional impact, Missions

Missions in Our Backyard: Manchester Baptist Church Ministers to Migrant Workers   by John Butler and Sharon Mager   MANCHESTER, Md. — When members of Manchester Baptist Church looked for ways to live on mission, they didn’t have to travel overseas. God opened a door...

More Than English: Church Uses ESL to Serve and Connect

by Sharon Mager | Oct 13, 2025 | Outreach

More Than English: Church Uses ESL to Serve and Connect By Sharon Mager ROCKVILLE, Md. — On a warm September Sunday morning at First Baptist Church of Rockville, a diverse group of men and women prepares for a class to begin. Some seem a little nervous, while others...

Elaine Angleberger: Five Decades of Children’s Ministry

by Sharon Mager | Oct 6, 2025 | Children's Ministries

Elaine Angleberger: Five Decades of Children’s Ministry By Sharon Mager KNOXVILLE, Md. — Elaine Angleberger’s journey in children’s ministry spans nearly five decades, marked by an unwavering commitment to families and a heart for sharing the love of Jesus with...

Pleasant View Church Member Creates “Great Commission Flag”

by Sharon Mager | Oct 3, 2025 | Evangelism

By Sharon Mager PORT DEPOSIT, Md. — In 2003, Harold Phillips, the senior pastor of Pleasant View Baptist Church, addressing the congregation, issued a challenge: “All born-again believers should be boldly proclaiming who their God is. Let the Redeemed of the Lord say...

BCM/D Churches Taking Strong Steps to Protect the Vulnerable

by Sharon Mager | Oct 3, 2025 | sexual abuse prevention

Churches Taking Strides to Protect Children & Vulnerable Adults By Sharon Mager & Kris Buckman CROWNSVILLE, Md. — Protecting children and vulnerable individuals is a top priority for churches in Maryland and Delaware, and Baptist Convention of...