by Sharon Mager | Jan 29, 2025 | Collegiate Ministry, Featured, Missions
By Grace Thornton Jess Senasack said campus ministry is a little different in the area where she lives than it is in Alabama. In Maryland and Delaware, only 14 of the 60 colleges and universities have some kind of Baptist ministry going on. In Alabama, which has the...
by Sharon Mager | Dec 13, 2024 | Featured, Grants, holiday, Outreach
By Sharon Mager Huntingtown, MD — Everything was jolly at Emmanuel Church Dec. 5-7, when over 1200 guests attended the church’s first Christmas Wonderland event. “It was incredible,” said Lead Pastor Rick Hancock. Bayside Baptist Church, Chesapeake Beach, and Calvert...
by Sharon Mager | Dec 5, 2024 | 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 20, 2024 | Evangelism, Family Ministry, Featured, Grants, Outreach
By Sharon Mager Based on Report by Marty Jellison FROSTBURG, Md. — Leaders at Mountain City Church (MCC) are enthusiastically engaging their community and seeing members grow in their desire to reach out to their neighbors. They recently had 100 at a Trunk or Treat,...
by Sharon Mager | Nov 18, 2024 | Featured
Editor’s Note: This year at The Gathering, we were reminded of the power of God working in and through His people. Luke 1:26-38 guided our time together as Executive Director Tom Stolle had us reflect on Mary’s encounter with the angel Gabriel and the radical...