“Vision 2025 is not a slogan or rallying cry. It’s a path forward to help us reimagine a new future together of reaching the world for Jesus Christ – every person, every town, every city, every state, and every nation.”
We are the Fox* family. I grew up in Arkansas where my parents serve in music ministry at an Arkansas Baptist church.
Without a doubt, your pastor needs support and encouragement. Having served in the ministry for 60+ years, I can tell you that I have always appreciated lay people who encouraged me on a regular basis.
Reach the campus, and you can reach the world for Christ. Does that seem like an exaggeration? I was convinced that God was willing to do just that through our obedience at Henderson State University. Going to make disciples of all nations needed to start with reaching and discipling students right here on the local campus.
In that first meeting of the Ba Lau* group back in January 2021, two of the workers listening to the story prayed to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and others have since made a commitment to follow Him.
Arkadelphia is a close-knit community that is nestled beneath the Ouachita mountains. The name of the town is a word that combines ‘Arkansas’ and the Greek word for “brother.” When considering the relationship between Pediatrics Plus and Ouachita Baptist University (OBU), the meaning isn’t lost.
Gathered around two white foldable tables set with cups of coffee and loads of batting is where you can find the ladies of Graves Memorial Baptist Church’s sewing ministry every Tuesday morning.
‘Around the State’ is a segment in the eMagazine that goes out every other Thursday to our email subscriber list. In this segment, which appears in the first issue of each month, we feature church staff changes, as well as church news and announcements you send to us. We want Arkansas Baptists to know what’s going on around the state and be able to celebrate together and encourage each other.
I have never seen God move like He has the last four to five weeks in our church. I know pastors can say things like that at times in an attempt to lift themselves up or their church. I promise you that is not my intention, and hopefully the rest of this article will prove that. Our story in Northwest Arkansas began in Hendersonville, Tennessee. I know that sounds weird, so let me explain.
As a nine-year-old girl I walked the aisle during children’s church at First Baptist Church of Rogers and was baptized into the saving grace of Jesus. I have vivid memories of our whole congregation gathered in a circle around the sanctuary every Sunday night at the close of evening service, hands joined, voices raised, singing the chorus “We are One in the Bond of Love” in faith together.
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