“Across North America” Touching 20 Million
As many Southern Baptists already know, we have, together, been on a ten year journey called “God’s Plan for Sharing” (GPS). The gospel mission is simple… “Every believer sharing; Every person hearing by 2020.”
Date: 3/24/2010
“Prayer is Not for the Timid of Heart”
Rev. Kil-Sun-Joo would never have been known except for his one odd habit, early morning prayer. Although he wrote several books, he was known for spending at least three hours a day in Bible study and one hour a day memorizing scripture. Rev. Kil-Sun-Joo, pastor of Central Presbyterian Church, is best known as the one who embedded early morning and all night prayer into the Korean Church and served as one of the sources for the outbreak of the 1907 Revival of Pyongyang (capital of then unified Korea and current capital of North Korea).
Date: 3/10/2010
Church Prayer Renewal Weekend
It's time for the reporting to begin. I'm sure words will fail me to give justice to all that has transpired at Woodlawn in the past few weeks.
Date: 2/24/2010
Organizing a Structured Quiet Time
As I was having my quiet time recently, Acts 2:42 impacted my soul in ways it had not previously… “They devoted themselves fully to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”
Date: 2/10/2010
Behind Closed Doors
As we prepare for the SBC Day of Prayer, we each need to invite God to meet with us personally. You might want to use Scriptural Soap or the Preparation Guide on the resource page of www.namb.net/SBCDayofPrayer.
Date: 1/27/2010
Laying a Spiritual Foundation
In June, 2006 my wife and I had the pleasure of being a part of a mission team that went to Vancouver, British Columbia. One of our ministry activities was to prayer walk a local church community and Whistler, location of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Date: 1/13/2010
When God Comes to a Church
What do you do when the presence of God comes to your church? How do you handle living by the Spirit’s direction rather than your own calendar?
Date: 12/23/2009
Four Churches, Four Denominations, One Prayer
Dr. Steve Davis, Executive Director of the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana, issued a call for Indiana Southern Baptists to prayer walk every street in Indiana – a God-sized task for 400+ churches in a state of six million people.
Date: 12/9/2009
Thanksgiving Thoughts
“Nothing lies outside the reach of prayer except that which lies outside the will of God.”
Date: 11/25/2009
Lynn Webb, Catawba River Baptist Association
As I write this month’s newsletter, I share a message by the apostle Paul summarized 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 in verse 22, “I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.” (NKJV)
Date: 11/11/2009
BROKEN BEFORE THE THRONE 2009
The vision for this prayer conference began long before it first convened in 2007.
Date: 10/27/2009
History Repeats Itself
The old expression goes, “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” Yet, neither was the collapse of Rome accomplished in a day.
Date: 10/14/2009
Georgia Flooding Activates Disaster Relief Teams
Michael Dover surveys the damage outside his home in Austell, Ga., his backyard a sea of muddy water. Looking at remnants of the water-soaked wood from his workshop piled in his driveway, Dover, like many other Atlanta residents, now faces the harsh reality of clean up.
Date: 9/29/2009
800-plus profess Christ at Sturgis motorcycle rally
As motorcycle engines roared, more than 4,200 leather-clad motorcyclists and their friends at the 69th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally heard a three-minute testimony of how Christ could radically change their lives. Just for listening, they also were given a chance to win a brand new black Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Date: 9/16/2009
The Rest of the Story: Daily Reports from Garvon Golden during the Sturgis Bike Rally
The Rest of the Story: Daily Reports from Garvon Golden during the Sturgis Bike Rally
Date: 9/14/2009
Church’s ‘Big Serve’ empties the pews
For members of First Baptist Church in Norfolk, the Sunday service wasn’t held in pews but throughout the multi-city area known Hampton Roads.
Date: 9/2/2009
Equipped and Stepping Out in Faith
Kassie Smith, a student at Midwestern Seminary, of Kansas City, Missouri, shared the Gospel with a young lady at a Louisville, Kentucky Crossover block party on June 20.
Date: 8/19/2009
On the Lookout for God at Work
One of two great perils in the world that we face today is the ever present danger of missing God at work. There is hardly any greater tragedy than, our neglect of God’s Word, failing to recognize His presence in our lives, His activity in our circumstances, and His invitation to join Him in His work of redemption. p>
Date: 8/4/2009
337 baptized at First Baptist Orlando
"People are going to die tonight."
Not quite the first words most congregations want to hear from their pastor. But that is what David Uth said as an introduction to "Not Ashamed," a three-service celebration of baptism at First Baptist Church in Orlando, Fla., June 27-28. In all, 337 people were baptized, including 10 at the church's Ocoee venue.
Date: 7/28/2009
God Is Calling Us to Pray
Calls for intercession have been sent out through the planning of several prayer conferences set for this year. Southern Baptists are asked to return to the discipline of prayer on behalf of their churches, the nation and the world.
Date: 7/7/2009
|
