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...
by Sharon Mager | May 5, 2025 | Church Planting, disability ministry, Evangelism
Play Ball: The Fields are White By Sharon Mager Pennsville, NJ — The smell of popcorn wafts through the air, ball players are raring to go, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” plays through the sound system, and parents are ready to cheer their kids on. It’s your everyday...
by Sharon Mager | Feb 3, 2025 | Church Planting, Featured, Hispanic, Missions
By Sharon Mager Sykesville, MD — In the Fall of 2024, Friendship Baptist Church (Mid-Maryland Association) started a Hispanic church called FBC en Español, led by Church Planters Martin and Ester Nieto of Cancun, Mexico. The new church is already gaining momentum and...
by Sharon Mager | Dec 5, 2024 | A Word From the Executive Director, Annual Meeting, Church Health, Church Planting, Church Strengthening, Featured, Missions
By Tom StolleBCM/D Executive Director At our recent family meeting (The Gathering), there was a scripture that we used repeatedly: ‘For nothing will be impossible with God’ (Luke 1:37). This is an incredible reminder of the awesome, unlimited power of God over all...
by Sharon Mager | Dec 5, 2024 | Church Planting, Church Strengthening, Evangelism, Featured, General Mission Board
By Sharon Mager CROWNSVILLE, Md. The BCM/D General Mission Board (GMB) met on Dec. 3 at South Shore Church. Byron Day, GMB president, set the tone for the meeting, using the analogy of a race, as Paul did in the book of Acts. He spoke of the athletes who train for the...
by Sharon Mager | Nov 15, 2024 | Church Planting
By Mary Asta Mountain, Southeastern Seminary staff When Adam Muhtaseb committed himself to the work of Christ and the mission of making disciples, he did so wholeheartedly. He had no training, and yet he saw God use his enthusiastic resolve in many ways. As time went...
