I have been feeling such thirst, and I don’t want to be thirsty anymore,” Eugenio told me after our Bible study at breakfast. Eugenio and...

It was still dark outside as I rose to go to prayer. A chill in the room told me that it was going to be a frigid mile-walk to the...

I first met Khalid* through an online follow-up request, a way some people seek answers for their troubled souls. We have seen our...

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (BP) – After 17-year-old Perry participated in Bring Your Bible to School Day in the seventh grade, he started a...

PHOENIX, AZ (BP) – The Arizona Supreme Court last week rebuked states and municipalities that overzealously enforce anti-discrimination...

AMARILLO, TX (BP) – Many younger pastors often feel two interesting and competing impulses. First, there is a growing sense that...

PLYMOUTH, MI – I recently read a bit of prose by Wendell Berry that speaks to the experience of all of God’s human creations and our...

PLYMOUTH, MI – My stomach tightened as I peeked around the doorframe of the middle school gymnasium from the hallway. The bleachers were...

PLYMOUTH, MI – Her story was gripping. The country where she was born and raised had entered into a crisis that continues to this day....

ROSCOMMON, MI – There are many places in Michigan where one can view the creativity of our almighty God. One of these places is Bambi...

BOHOL, PHILIPPINES – This August, the International Mission Board signed a historic covenant with One Sending Body, the sending entity of...

SWARTZ CREEK, MI – “It was sad. One day you go from pulling into a parking lot where nobody knows where to go, to “Oh, you can sit...

WATERFORD, MI – Summer in Michigan doesn’t last long, so we have to make the most of it. Summer offers many opportunities to connect with...

PLYMOUTH, MI – This September we commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Frances Brown State Mission Offering. In November of 1978 the...

PLYMOUTH, MI – Summer is over and it is time to return to the routine, or is it? Would you like to ramp things up at the church? Would...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Twenty-plus years ago Merri and I planted a church on the northwest side of Grand Rapids, called Westwood Community...

ALPHARETTA, GA (BP) – The words cut deep for Sam Calhoun who, at the time, pastored Windsor Hills Community Church in La Mesa, Calif. A...

DURHAM, NC (BP) – For several years now, I have been greatly burdened by the declining number of baptisms across the Southern Baptist...

NASHVILLE, TN – The Southern Baptist Convention is built upon relationships between local churches, associations, state conventions and...

RICHMOND, VA – My first international mission trip took place on a farm in central Kentucky. As a new pastor in the community, I found...