News & Announcements
Iglesia Pan de Vida Celebrates 20 Years
Written by Mary Wood Over 20 years ago, leaders at First Baptist Church of Grandview recognized that their community had many residents who spoke languages other than English. But they didn’t know where it would[...]
Effective Leadership and Pastoring in a Post-Covid, Post Christian World (Part 4)
By Gregg Boll, Executive Director of Missions In last month’s article, I listed five factors (below), that we routinely find to be true of most plateaued or declining churches. In this final article, I want[...]
Effective Leadership and Pastoring in a Post-Covid, Post Christian World (Part 3)
By Gregg Boll, Executive Director of Missions In part 1 of this article, I laid out the reality and challenges facing our churches in a post-Covid, post-Christian world. We said that: 1. Membership among our[...]
An Honest Conversation about Money and the State of Cooperation Among Southern Baptist Churches (Part 2)
By Gregg Boll, Director of Missions I am always keenly aware that my mission as your Director of Missions is to help our pastors start well, pastor well, and finish well. Equally important is to[...]
Finding Joy in the Chaos
By Brian Grout, Associate Director of Missions Every December, I feel the tension you probably feel too—the beauty of Christmas mixed with the busyness of ministry. The calendar fills, expectations rise, services multiply. Add family[...]
Fall Ministry Reports… REHOPE
By Jennifer Hutton, Chief Resource Officer, [email protected] The first residents moved into their own tiny homes at the ReHope Farms’ Cottage Community in the spring. Thanks to the generosity of so many, we have been[...]
An Honest Conversation about Money and the State of Cooperation Among Southern Baptist Churches (Part 1)
By Gregg Boll, Director of Missions In part 1 of this article, I will take an honest look at the health and troubling trends of membership and giving in the SBC and among our churches. [...]
Fall Reports… Director of Missions
By Gregg Boll, Director of Missions, [email protected] If I took a survey and asked all of you if you consider yourself more emotionally and spiritually healthy than you were 10 years ago, if you were[...]
Fall Ministry Reports… Collegiate Impact
By Travis and Britney Hamm, Directors of Collegiate Impact ([email protected]) The semester is off to a fruitful start for Collegiate Impact as we seek to bring the hope and peace of Jesus to college students[...]