by Sharon Mager | Jun 13, 2024 | Featured, sexual abuse prevention
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – The Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force (ARITF) has launched the curriculum it hopes churches will use to train volunteers in preventing sexual abuse and responding to those who have experienced it. ARITF members Jon Nelson, lead pastor of Soma...
by Sharon Mager | Jun 13, 2024 | Featured, sexual abuse prevention, Stollen Moments
By Tom Stolle In my role as executive director, I have the honor of working with some of the finest leaders that I’ve ever known. Allow me to invite you on a journey with me as I lift up one of those leaders: my friend, Kris Buckman. In 2020, after June Holland, a...
by Sharon Mager | Jun 13, 2024 | Featured, SBC
By Sharon Mager INDIANAPOLIS — Many Maryland/ Delaware pastors, wives, and other messengers traveled by air or car to Indianapolis for the 2024 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, joining the throng of over 16,000 attendees. While there’s no way...
by Sharon Mager | Jun 6, 2024 | Featured, mental health/trauma
By Sharon Mager HUNTINGTOWN, Md. — Emmanuel Church, Huntingtown, is one of several Maryland/Delaware churches striving to minister to individuals struggling with mental health issues. The church uses Trauma REBOOT, a Christian peer-to-peer program designed to help...
by Sharon Mager | Jun 6, 2024 | Featured, Maryland-Delaware Baptists, Missions, My BCM/D Family, Outreach
Summer is almost here! Temperatures are heating up, and most of the kids are out of school. Church life is busy, with lots of outdoor gatherings, opportunities to connect with neighbors, and, of course, VBS and summer camps. Email [email protected] to send us your news,...
