by Sharon Mager | Oct 28, 2024 | Featured
By Tom Stolle “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He...
by Sharon Mager | Oct 28, 2024 | Social Issues
By ERLC Staff Standing for life during the upcoming election in Maryland is vital in light of a pro-abortion amendment called the “Maryland Right to Reproductive Freedom Constitutional Amendment.” If passed, this amendment would establish a “fundamental right to...
by Sharon Mager | Oct 28, 2024 | Church Planting, Featured
By Sharon Mager UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Kettering Baptist Church celebrated their 55th anniversary during a worship service on October 27 with special music and praise and a presentation honoring the churches that planted them over five decades ago. Senior Pastor Bucas...
by Sharon Mager | Oct 28, 2024 | International Mission Board
By IMB Staff High in the Himalayan mountains of South Asia is a valley that is home to eight million Muslims. God is at work among the people, bringing many to salvation, but new believers are facing severe persecution. As the Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church...
by Sharon Mager | Oct 23, 2024 | Associations
By Sharon Mager Montgomery Baptist Association (MBA) Director of Missions Ron Blankenship was honored for 25 years of ministry with the MBA (45 of vocational ministry) at the MBA fall pastors’ fellowship on Sept. 17 at Trinity Baptist Church, Chillum....
by Sharon Mager | Oct 22, 2024 | Disability ministry, Featured
By Amber Stewart Born in 1991, I was the third child but the second living. My sister, Lindsay, passed away at six months old from a debilitating neuromuscular disease known as Spinal Muscular Atrophy type one, aka Werdnig Hoffman disease. This was a death sentence...
by Sharon Mager | Oct 22, 2024 | Disaster Relief, Featured
By Sharon Mager SPARTANBURG,SC—In response to Hurricane Helene, Maryland/Delaware Disaster Relief (DR) volunteers have been on the ground, serving victims in South Carolina. Ellen Udovich, BCM/D Ready/ Disaster Relief Missionary, said that at the request of the...
by Sharon Mager | Oct 16, 2024 | Associations, Featured, retirement
By Sharon Mager CUMBERLAND, Md. — Messengers to the Western Baptist Association (WBA) annual meeting on Sept. 29 at Cumberland Community Church met to worship together, discuss a new organizational transition, and honor WBA Associational Missionary Kenny Heath, who...
by Sharon Mager | Oct 7, 2024 | Featured, history
By Brian Tubbs OLNEY, Md. — Eighty-seven years ago, a young boy named Bob got interested in autographs — mainly from Big League baseball players. Over the years, his interests broadened and he began collecting autographs from astronauts, political leaders, and...
by Sharon Mager | Oct 2, 2024 | Featured, General Mission Board
By Sharon Mager CROWNSVILLE, Md. — At a special called meeting on Sept. 25 at South Shore Church, messengers unanimously approved the sale of the BCM/D headquarters at 10255 Old Columbia Road, Maryland. Cresthill Church’s praise team led a time of worship before...
