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Your church doesn’t have to die. God is moving, even in the most difficult places. The Revitalize and Replant podcast equips pastors to take their…
WEEK OF PRAYER: Story of church replant includes uniting local couple in faith and marriage
MARRERO, Louisiana –– In almost every way possible, Leon and Javon Every of Marrero, Louisiana, looked like the heads of a traditional household. Childhood sweethearts...
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NAMB AMS Replant Lab spurs hope, renewal for dying churches
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Bethany Baptist Church in North Little Rock, Arkansas, stared down the barrel of a problem facing hundreds of churches in the United...
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Southern California pastor named NAMB Replanter of the Year
VALLE VISTA, Calif. – Scenic Valle Vista is nestled in the San Jacinto Mountain range, and Valle Vista Baptist Church has faced mountains of its...
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Dessert fellowship brings insights for reaching Mormons
PROVO, Utah – Culturally speaking, David Gaskins is as far removed from the Bible Belt as a North American missionary can be. And yet Gaskins,...
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Dessert fellowship brings insights for reaching Mormons
A missionary serving in what might be the most unchurched community in North America reaps a big return from a small investment
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NAMB Replant team introduces new resource at associational leaders training lab
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – More than 300 gathered at the North American Mission Board (NAMB) for a conference for Associational Missions Strategists (AMS) on replanting and...
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Associational leaders gather at NAMB for training, fellowship
ALPHARETTA, Georgia (BP) – During a time when change seems to be constant for Southern Baptists, associational mission strategists (AMS) from across the United States...
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Send Network podcast returns with unexpected episode on ‘Dying Church Planter’
SALISBURY, Md. (BP) – One year after the release of Send Network’s popular podcast, “Terminal: The Dying Church Planter,” church planter Richard Pope and producer...
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From prison cell to pulpit: Louisiana Baptist pastor named ‘Replanter of the Year’
MARRERO, LA —When Troy Gause sat in the small, one-person suicide watch cell—with no windows or light from the outside world—at Plaquemines Parish Detention Center,...
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FIRST-PERSON: Hope still shines through, even for dying churches
If you lived somewhere in the path of the total eclipse on April 8, you’ll likely never forget it. Gradually, our world grew darker and...
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NAMB luncheon encourages ‘normative-sized’ churches in their mission
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) —Though the title of the luncheon was the NAMB Small Church Pastors’ Luncheon, Mark Clifton called it a misnomer. “It’s really a lunch...
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Church Planting
Revitalized New York church transforms into a church-planting powerhouse
When Michael (Mike) Rubino started attending Calvary Baptist Christian School on Long Island as a fourth-grade student, he never imagined God would one day call...
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The Next Generation
Pruitt’s “Revival Generation” helps leaders walk students toward faith renewal
DALLAS – Shane Pruitt, national director of next gen evangelism at the North American Mission Board (NAMB), has been praying for the next generation to...
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Brazilian pastors start fellowship for churches
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – At this year’s August retreat, Brazilian pastors and other leaders voted unanimously to start the Fellowship of Brazilian Baptist Churches...
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Replanting
Southern Baptists emphasize importance of church revitalization, replanting through resolution
NEW ORLEANS – Each year, hundreds of churches disappear from the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) church database. While it’s not always immediately clear what’s happened...
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