• News Archive

         		    

    This section includes archived news articles originally published between 2005 and falll of 2010. For recent updates, see our News or Blog sections.

  • NAMB commissions 36 at Texas service

    Texas Service Rich and Melissa Sivernell are learning that even though Denver, Colo., is less than a thousand miles from Flower Mound, Texas (near Dallas), it’s a very different world.

    Athletes find new life in Lake Placid

    Olympics 88 Lake Placid is full of people going places and at great speeds. The resort town was made famous by movies, high rollers, Olympic events and now by highly skilled winter athletes plying their trade on its bobsled tracks and ice rinks.

    Students take lesson back home

    More than 300 students saturated the city of Birmingham to help reduce sub-standard housing throughout North Birmingham. During this time, middle school, high school, college students and their adult leaders painted houses, re-shingled roofs and built handicap ramps.  

    Parachute Project: Students prepare soil for church planters

    The Parachute ProjectWhen six Appalachian State University students signed up for the Parachute Project last summer in Los Angeles, none of them were sure what to expect. Looking back now, they see an indelible mark left by the experience—not only in their own lives but in the lives of people they encountered during the trip.

    Read more about the Los Angeles project from On Mission magazine  

    Read about a similar project this past summer in Portland, Ore.  

    Learn more about The Parachute Project 
     


     

    Blackaby, Land address pregnancy center leaders

    CPC 88 More than 175 crisis pregnancy center executive directors and staff from 13 states – some, by their own admission, tired and discouraged from years of opposing abortion – attended “The Invitation Stands” National Pregnancy Center Conference at the North American Mission Board Nov. 10-12.

    Ezell, state execs discuss future direction, partnership

    Executive directors from 10 Southern Baptist state convention entities met Thursday, Nov. 11, with Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board. The meeting was convened to discuss how state conventions and NAMB will partner in the future to most effectively reach North America for Christ.

    MSC missionary featured for work with Christian Women's Job Corps

    Mission Service Corps missionary Valerie Fitch and the Fort Smith Christian Women's Job Corps were featured recently in the Times Record Online of Fort Smith, Ark. The ministry provides a Christian context  which women in need are equipped for life and employment. Read Article > 

    Dialogue of small church, bi-vocational pastors spurs 'missional initiative'

    Small-Church-mtng_88 Two dozen church and denominational leaders grappled with the challenges and opportunities smaller Southern Baptist churches might embrace to reach their communities with the gospel at the Small Church and Bi-vocational Pastors Missional Initiative Dialogue, Oct. 21-22 at the North American Mission Board (NAMB).

    Chaplains a present help in time of war

    Jeff Mitchell As we remember the sacrifice made by members of our Armed Forces on Veterans Day, November 11, churches have an opportunity to recognize the need among the military community.

    Parkside members give to missions “no matter what”

    Parkside_88 Aggressive missions giving doesn’t just happen, says Chet Haney, pastor of Parkside Baptist Church in Denison for the last 15 years. It takes a congregation with a heart for missions, and a pastor with “an intentional focus and a willingness to really challenge people to stretch their vision and their concept of what they can do,” Haney said.
    [First] [Previous] [Next] [Last]