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
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
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, Missions, 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,...
by Sharon Mager | Jun 6, 2024 | Church Planting, Obituaries
By Chad Austin LINCOLNTON, N.C.— Throughout his life, Marcus Redding didn’t have many hobbies.“He didn’t golf, he didn’t hunt, he didn’t do whatever,” according to Redding’s wife, Chrissie. “He just wanted to be with family and talk about Jesus to anybody. He was a...
by Sharon Mager | May 29, 2024 | Disability ministry, Featured
By Sharon Mager Through the past two decades, BCM/D Executive Director Tom Stolle has candidly poured his heart out about the journey he and his wife, Shelley, have been on with their 21-year-old son Jimmy, who is affected by severe autism. God has used Tom’s...
by Sharon Mager | May 23, 2024 | Children's Ministries, Church Revitalization, Featured
Spring is in full bloom, and churches are gearing up for summer activities. Send your news and photos to [email protected]. Thirty-eight ladies from Jessup Baptist Church, Elvaton Baptist Church, Millersville; Lake Shore Baptist Church, Pasadena; and Glen Burnie Baptist...
by Sharon Mager | May 16, 2024 | Children's Ministries, Compassion Ministry, Featured, Outreach, Partnerships
CLINTON, Md. — Over 500 pregnant women and new moms crowded Clinton Baptist Church on May 11 for a Community Baby Shower and Resource Fair. The church linked arms with one of its favorite long-time partners, MedStar Health of Southern Maryland, for the win-win event....
by Sharon Mager | May 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Tom Stolle Four years ago this month, my dad left this world and entered into eternity. His body was ravaged by cancer. As I thought about his passing on the 4th anniversary of his death, many thoughts rushed back. The anger and frustration of not being able to...
