by Sharon Mager | Jan 12, 2023 | Church Strengthening, Compassion Ministry, Evangelism, Family Ministry, Featured, Grants
Editor’s Note: This article references a BCM/D Strengthening Churches Grant, available to BCM/D churches based on certain criteria. Applications will be accepted from January 15-April 30. Read more and apply here. Watch this video for several grants available for your...
by Sharon Mager | Jan 12, 2023 | Featured, Staff
COLUMBIA, Md —Victor Kirk, the senior pastor of Sharon Bible Fellowship Church in Lanham, has joined the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware (BCM/D) as a consultant to African American churches. He may be new to the staff, but he’s been a friend to the BCM/D for...
by Kris Buckman | Jan 12, 2023 | Children's Ministries, Featured, Youth
One of the biggest concerns we hear about this generation of young people is their need to find identity and belonging. Kids and students are finding solutions to these dilemmas outside of the church. The culture is currently louder than the church. Finally, a...
by Sharon Mager | Jan 12, 2023 | Children's Ministries
EDITORS NOTE: The BCM/D’s very own Adron Dozat has designed free coloring pages for use in your church or home! You are welcome to visit his blog to download many more scripture coloring pages. Each week, Adron works meticulously to create these pages, and he adds a...
by Sharon Mager | Jan 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
COLUMBIA, Md. (BP) – Formerly enslaved African American pastor George Liele planted churches in Jamaica nearly a century before beloved missionaries Annie Armstrong and Lottie Moon spread the gospel abroad. Two years after the Southern Baptist Convention added a...
by Sharon Mager | Jan 5, 2023 | Featured, Prayer Ministry
I don’t know your New Year’s resolution, but I am excited about mine. It is not to lose weight (because I don’t have that much to spare), it is not to read more because I already read a lot, it’s not to learn a new language since I’m making steady progress on one...
by Sharon Mager | Jan 5, 2023 | Tax Seminar
It’s the most challenging time of the year With those big numbers crunching And everyone telling you, “Try not to Fear,” It’s the most challenging time of the year! It’s the stress-stressfully season of all. There’ll be much mumbling, grumbling, praying and...
by Sharon Mager | Jan 5, 2023 | Children's Ministries, Family Ministry
EDITORS NOTE: The BCM/D’s very own Adron Dozat has designed free coloring pages for use in your church or home! You are welcome to visit his blog to download many more scripture coloring pages. Each week, Adron works meticulously to create these pages, and he adds a...
by Kennedi Wood | Nov 18, 2021 | Annual Meeting, BCM/D Ready, Church Planting, Church Revitalization, Evangelism, Featured
LAUREL, Md. — Three hundred sixty-five messengers and 29 guests at the 185th session of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware (BCM/D) met at First Baptist Church of Laurel (FBCL) on Nov. 15. The theme was “Maryland/Delaware Baptists for Christ’s Glory!”...
by Kennedi Wood | Nov 25, 2020 | Children's Ministries, Disaster Relief, SBC, Youth
This is the second of three articles from a Disaster Relief feature spread in our Fall 2020 BaptistLIFE magazine. A Long Look Back by Ellen Udovich Disasters can strike anytime, anywhere, and Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Disaster Relief (DR) brings help,...
