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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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WEEK OF PRAYER: Church plant led by former Muslim bringing Gospel to unreached city
MONTREAL –– “The beginning of the story is good. But the ending is even better.” That’s Andrew Mark Adil’s opening line when people ask how...
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Women's Evangelism
WEEK OF PRAYER: New believer finds recovery and his calling through church planting mentor
TAPPAHANNOCK, Virginia – He stood behind a traditional pulpit and looked out over a traditional congregation sitting in traditionally padded pews. He wore a traditional...
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Women's Evangelism
WEEK OF PRAYER: From addiction to redemption: Virginia missionary’s recovery ministry leads to new church
TAPPAHANNOCK, Virginia – The house is in a Virginia pine forest at the end of a long, bumpy dirt road. The thirty people living here...
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Collegiate Ministry
Ezell challenges University of Mobile students to live for the lost
MOBILE, Ala. – “We are called to live sent.” That was the message shared in Chapel at the University of Mobile on Feb. 25 by...
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Collegiate Ministry
WEEK OF PRAYER: Collegiate church planters see God do ‘more than we could’ve ever imagined’
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – In August, Erin and Ellie were strangers. By October, they were best friends. That’s what can happen when two never-met-before college...
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Annie Armstrong Easter Offering
Norma Beckemeier was an Annie Armstrong in my Ministry
Nearly every day that I serve as a Send Relief missionary in the South Bronx of New York City, I am aware of the countless individuals who have...
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‘It Could Only Happen to a Pastor’: New podcast highlights humorous side of ministry
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – A microphone left on in the bathroom. A baptism that didn’t quite go as planned. A child saying the worst possible thing...
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Chaplaincy
NAMB trustees gain frontline view of Navy chaplaincy during San Diego Board gathering
SAN DIEGO — North American Mission Board (NAMB) trustees gathered Feb. 2–3 in San Diego for their winter Board of Trustees meeting, combining ministry exposure, fellowship...
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Annie Armstrong Easter Offering
My Mom was an Annie Armstrong in my Ministry
I grew up in the Bible Belt, and if you had asked me growing up, if I knew Jesus, I would have told you “yes,” but I didn’t actually know much about Jesus. My father was...
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Church Planting
Letty Peralta was an Annie Armstrong in my Ministry
In 2000, my wife and I were sent by First Baptist of Woodstock, Georgia, to plant a church in Las Vegas, Nevada. My first week on the...
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Women's Evangelism
NAMB, Puerto Rico Baptist Convention host Women’s Evangelism Conference
PONCE, Puerto Rico (BP) — In its first–ever women’s evangelism event in Puerto Rico, the North American Mission Board (NAMB) partnered with the Puerto Rico Baptist Convention to welcome over 300 women to a one-day...
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Chaplaincy
Prayed For by Name: How SBC Churches Sustain a Military Chaplain
For more than two decades, Chaplain Col. Joshua Payne has carried the gospel into places most churches will never physically go. He has preached in...
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Annie Armstrong Easter Offering
Who Was Your Annie Armstrong?
We had a lady, Donna Huff, in the small church where I grew up. Her husband divorced her for another woman, and she was alone for many years before she met and married a godly layman in our...
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Send Relief
NAMB year in review: Continued growth in baptisms, church planting stand out as Southern Baptists highlights for 2025
ALPHARETTA, Ga. –- For the fourth consecutive year, 2025 saw Southern Baptists increase baptisms and plant at least 600 new churches while surpassing $70 million...
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Refresh Retreats
Refresh Retreats let pastors rest, reenter ministry fully charged
HEMET, Calif. – Colon cancer crippled Kirk Beard’s walk with the Lord earlier this year. Two surgeries. Much pain. Bedridden for two months and dependent...
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