1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (249+ words) Leafwood Publishers is excited to announce the release of “Quiet Time: The Past, Present, and Potential Power of Personal Bible Study.” This is the latest book by Southwest Missouri pastor and author Mark Fugitt. In the book, Fugitt wonders why…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1029+ words) Senior pastors at Southern Baptist churches have had to make do with less pay and even less purchasing power recently. Compared to two years ago, the average Southern Baptist pastor’s pay package and total compensation have decreased while inflation continues…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1304+ words) Looking out at those gathered for a weekend worship service, around half of pastors say their congregations have grown. Slightly more than half of U.S. Protestant pastors (54%) report the average worship service attendance at their church has increased by at least…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (251+ words) On this day 69 years ago, the late Rev. Billy Graham concluded a crusade that lasted nearly 16 weeks — beginning May 15, 1957, and ending Sept. 1 — and further solidified the preacher’s status as the leading evangelist of his era. But New York exemplified the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (659+ words) Among the many milestones marked in 2026 is the 500th anniversary of William Tyndale’s translation of the New Testament, and later the Old Testament, into English. His commitment that common people should have the Bible in their own language eventually led to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1066+ words) Armed with a vision to help meet the need for pulpit supply in Mississippi and surrounding states, the Pastor Training School of Mississippi was developed under the leadership of a group of like-minded men to assist others serving in pastoral…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (680+ words) Brian was 25 minutes late for the next deacons meeting. He had a pre-marriage counseling session before the meeting and needed to complete a crucial part of the conversation. He sent a text to Trip and told him to go ahead…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (520+ words) “What hinders me from being baptized?” was the question the Ethiopian eunuch asked Philip in Acts 8. He was determined to be baptized after hearing the good news about Jesus. That same desire was in evidence recently in a creek baptism…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (680+ words) Brian was disappointed, but not surprised. “It was not totally unexpected,” he told Trip. “When I was pastor of another congregation where we talked about launching a new congregation, we got the same first response.” Trip was not yet rational…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (246+ words) What do you get when a pharmaceutical rep, an assistant superintendent of education, and a banker walk into a church? For Green Valley Baptist Church in Pontotoc, Mississippi, it’s a 13 member staff of entirely bivocational ministers with no formal training…...