North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell emphasized the importance of the entity’s focus on the work of penetrating lostness in North America in his address to NAMB’s board of trustees. The board met May 14-15, 2013, in Alpharetta, Ga.
Date Created: 5/16/2013 2:59:49 PM
Church planters, spouses, planting team members, mentors and coaches gathered at First Baptist Church, Martha Lake, for a four-day, church planting boot camp in April. The focus of the “Journey: Basic Training for Church Planting” was for participants to develop strategies and pray together.
Date Created: 5/9/2013 1:27:09 PM
Two Southern Baptist leaders have issued a
statement voicing concern about religious freedom within the U.S. military but
also cautioning Christians to refrain from jumping to conclusions about recent
incidents in the military that have been perceived by some as threats to
religious liberty.
Date Created: 5/6/2013 3:01:44 PM
Taylor Field, founding pastor of Graffiti Church in Manhattan, recently began serving as a North American Mission Board national church planting catalyst and a member of NAMB’s LoveLoud Team with the vision of expanding effective Southern Baptist urban ministry throughout North America.
Date Created: 5/1/2013 2:16:06 PM
In the heart of America, Southern Baptist church planter David Choi sees something he thought he'd never see: people who've never heard of Jesus. Now almost every week, someone who's never heard the gospel before hears it for the first time at his new church plant in Chicago.
Date Created: 4/29/2013 5:04:06 PM
The North American Mission Board (NAMB) will
highlight a variety of ways Southern Baptists can help penetrate lostness in
North America at the Southern Baptist Convention in Houston.
Date Created: 4/26/2013 9:22:17 AM
Southern Baptist Disaster Relief
teams from three state conventions are involved in ministry efforts following
major Midwest flooding over the past week that has already killed at least four
people in the region.Date Created: 4/24/2013 4:14:29 PM
A NAMB church planter intern at a
Boston-area church found himself, along with his wife, in the crossfire
of a police shootout early Friday morning (April 19) with one of the
two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing.
Date Created: 4/19/2013 6:36:13 PM
John Voltaire chose to walk away from a secure, high-paying job and become a church planter in Miami—and it's the best decision he ever made. This video and related story tell why.
Date Created: 4/15/2013 4:25:50 PM
The
first year of a new pastorate can be full of challenges, as the new pastor
finds his way around a community, builds new relationships and casts his vision
to the church. For one new Kentucky Baptist pastor, a vision to penetrate
lostness in North America and around the world through evangelistic church
planting has made the job much easier.
Date Created: 4/12/2013 2:22:06 PM