PLYMOUTH – It was a really cold winter morning in the Glass Mountains of West Texas. This small range of barren outcroppings was located...

PLYMOUTH – Twelve thousand messengers, this past month, voted their personal convictions and in doing so defined the global and local...

PLYMOUTH – Our college Philosophy professor pointed at a picture of a horse drawn cart and asked: “What is the most important part?” For...

WINDSOR, ONTARIO – Over a decade ago Thom Rainer asked several hundred church people to write down what they desired most in a pastor....

ROSCOMMON – Is Jesus Better? Recently a personal testimony was shared with me regarding this very question. It was the testimony of a...

WATERFORD – These are the words spoken by missionary hero William Carey as he kicked back off the ledge and rappelled into an unreached...

"He got toe jam football He got monkey finger / He got walrus gumboot He one spinal cracker He got feet down below his knee Hold you in...

HOUGHTON – This is for all those pastors’ kids and/or pastor families. There are few things more difficult than trying to live for Jesus...

NEW ORLEANS (BP) – The reality of both internal and external struggles for church leaders served as the impetus for a committee-generated...

NEW ORLEANS (BP) – How can a seasoned pastor invest in the ministry of an emerging pastor? A group of SBC pastors and leaders discussed...

ITASCA, TX – Every Sunday, early in the morning, the Hernandez family wakes up, gets dressed and prepares to make the hour-long drive to...

BIRMINGHAM, AL (BP) — When Richard found out his girlfriend, Jasmine, was pregnant, he was nervous — he’d been a husband and a dad...

LANSING – Several years ago, my family and I were invited to attend my cousin’s son’s wedding. After arriving a little too early, we...

PLYMOUTH – As I reflect on the fatherhood experiences in my life, I see how each moment has shaped my view of our Heavenly Father. My own...

ROSEVILLE – Oksana Markova is the Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Ambassadors and diplomats who represent their home nations in official...

MONROE – As I sit down to write this article on family ministry and what it means to be a father, I have just learned I am going to be a...

HARTLAND – At Grumlaw, the church that I have the privilege of pastoring, we talk a lot about obedience. In fact, one of our core values...

During the seven years Ben Murray and his wife Jessica waited for the Lord to send them overseas, Ben built up a somewhat unusual...

PLYMOUTH – My earliest years of ministry were carried out in the arid mountains and valleys of West Texas in and around the small town of...

PLYMOUTH – Leaving home, family, and country to experience ministry around the world will become an annual norm for a handful of Michigan...