by Sharon Mager | May 27, 2025 | Cooperative Program
SBC leaders gather for a Declaration of Cooperation to mark the Cooperative Program’s 100th anniversary By Brandon Porter MEMPHIS (BP) – The Ellis Auditorium was brand new May 13, 1925, when Southern Baptists met on a spring afternoon and voted to begin the...
by Sharon Mager | May 27, 2025 | Perspective
A Lesson in Love: When Ministry Gets Messy By Tom Stolle About ten years ago, I met a couple at a local restaurant. Their son was with them. He was 21 years old and was affected by developmental and intellectual disabilities. The young man’s parents struck up a...
by Sharon Mager | May 27, 2025 | Men
By Sharon Mager DAVIDSONVILLE, Md. — BCM/D’s 2025 Men’s Conference drew hundreds of men to Riva Trace Baptist Church, Davidsonville, on May 17. Men arrived cheerfully, greeting each other as men do, shaking hands, slapping backs, and hugging. They responded to...
by Sharon Mager | May 27, 2025 | Compassion Ministry, Evangelism, Featured
Bruce Outreach Center Provides Hope and Help Amid Flash Flood Devastation By Sharon Mager Westernport, Md. — On May 13, what began as heavy rain turned into a devastating flash flood. Within minutes, manageable rainfall escalated into disaster. Homes were flooded,...
by Sharon Mager | May 19, 2025 | African American, Church Planting
Maryland church planter answers call to reach African diaspora By Tobin Perry LAUREL, Maryland — Temidayo Akinsanya wasn’t planning to start a church. The engineer-turned-seminary-student envisioned serving an existing congregation through his ministry calling. But a...
