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Sharing the Love of Christ

2020 was a year of challenge and triumph. Although churches weren't able to meet and minister exactly as in the past, the challenges were a wake-up call for churches to get creative and do ministry in multiple and different ways. In…

Creative Christmas Services Engage Families

Despite having to make major adjustments to their normal Christmas activities, the worship and creative teams at Hope Church Danville developed new strategies this year to try to engage both their in person and online audiences. Kelsey Bolton, worship leader…

Unexpected Boys’ Choir

When Pastor Rick noticed twin boys riding their bikes around during his church’s outdoor Easter service he assumed it was going to be a distraction, but after they began listening it became the first sign of a blessing in disguise.…

Dear Fellow Leader

Dear Fellow Leader, I’m writing this to you today because I really felt that we all need to hear it: “It is okay to admit if you’re not doing okay.” There, I said it. I said it because it is true. We…

Does God Hear My Prayers When Nothing is Changing?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lexi Shipp: Lexi Shipp is a passionate writer, speaker, and Bible teacher. She is an author, childhood cancer survivor, and spent 5 ½ years on staff at a Crisis Pregnancy Center. With a degree in Religion specified…

Vision and Purpose

Staying Connected During COVID-19, I had to switch methods, but not the vision or purpose." Vernig Suarez is the pastor of Iglesia del Camino, First Baptist Church of Norfolk's Hispanic ministry. Like most Hispanic churches, Pastor Suarez’s congregation tends to…

Deep Water

by Marc Brooks, Pastor of Gethsemane Baptist Church, Richlands, VA Like many pastors, I had some Disaster Relief (DR) training, solicited multiple special offerings for disasters in other parts of the country, and faithfully prayed for those affected by natural…

Goodbye, 2020

Twice a year, the SBC of Virginia Women’s Ministry gathers to pray and seek God’s will for the upcoming year. Last year, through prayer, the Lord led me to a theme for this year: FOCUS 2020. Part of the plan…

175 Years and Pushing Forward

May 10, 2020, marked the 175th Anniversary of Southern Baptists establishing the Foreign Mission Board, now known as the International Mission Board (IMB). Since 1845, almost 25,000 Southern Baptist missionaries have shared the Gospel, made disciples, planted churches, and planted…

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Sharing the Love of Christ

Creative Christmas Services Engage Families

Unexpected Boys’ Choir

Dear Fellow Leader

Does God Hear My Prayers When Nothing is Changing?

Vision and Purpose

Deep Water

Goodbye, 2020

175 Years and Pushing Forward

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