by Kris Buckman | Jan 12, 2023 | Children's Ministries, Featured, Student Leader, 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 Iris Pardillo | Nov 25, 2020 | BaptistLIFE, Children's Ministries, Disaster Relief, Maryland-Delaware Baptists, 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,...
by Iris Pardillo | Nov 19, 2020 | Annual Meeting, BaptistLIFE, Children's Ministries, COVID, Featured, history, Maryland-Delaware Baptists, Outreach, Pastor/Planter, WMU, Women, Worship Leader, Youth
“I will thank the Lord for His righteousness; I will sing about the name of the Lord Most High.” Psalm 7:17 Thanksgiving – COVID-19 style!Each year, the weekend before Thanksgiving, Christian Liberty Church, in West Baltimore, draws hundreds of people the weekend...
by Iris Pardillo | Nov 12, 2020 | Children's Ministries, Church Service, Evangelism, Family Ministry, Maryland-Delaware Baptists, Pastor/Planter, senior adults, Student Leader, WMU, Women, Worship Leader
By Sharon Mager Sometimes God answers prayers and opens doors for ministry and at other times He presents wide-open doors, seemingly “out of the blue!” That’s what happened for Pleasant View Baptist Church in Oakland, Maryland. Two surprise phone calls resulted in the...
by Iris Pardillo | Nov 5, 2020 | BaptistLIFE, Children's Ministries, Church Service, disability ministry, Featured, Maryland-Delaware Baptists, Pastor/Planter, Special Needs, Student Leader, WMU, Women, Worship Leader, Youth
By Jim McCaffrey In February 2017, my family and I began a new chapter in the long story that is my career. Until recently, my career path both in secular and ministry work never lasted more than two years at a place. It became the normal expectation that I would...