Changes that Impacted the Way We Do Church
Arkansas Baptist News
I have been in the ministry for approximately 62 years, and I have never experienced anything like the situation in which we find ourselves now.
I have been in the ministry for approximately 62 years, and I have never experienced anything like the situation in which we find ourselves now.
But there are also many advantages to sharing online; social media can be a blessing instead of a burden.
A pastor’s work is never finished. When he goes to bed Sunday evening, the last thoughts on his mind are the things that he will need to attend to the following week.
Sunday morning rolls around, the alarm clock sounds, and a sudden urge to fall back to sleep hits. But through the fog of your grogginess, you remember the words, “Don’t forsake the assembly.” It’s the Lord’s Day!
Perhaps you are fortunate enough to know, or have known, someone whose very identity is reflected by their perpetual generosity—this was my Granny.
But data tells us most people without a religious background aren’t showing up in our churches. This is a problem.
May I suggest that by faith, we can do all things through Him who strengthens us.
When Charles Fowler received his orders to go to Korea in the summer of 1950, he did not fully understand why he was going to fight other than knowing that North Korean forces had invaded South Korea and nearly taken the entire peninsula.
October is when we encourage all Southern Baptist churches and congregations to promote our Great Commission mission and ministries giving through the Cooperative Program.
The New Testament book of Acts closes with one of the church’s greatest messengers, the apostle Paul, under a kind of house arrest. Throughout the book of Acts, the church had adapted to different situations to tell people about the love of Jesus Christ.