Pray for Gospel Workers in the Middle East

Living and serving in the Middle East has its unique challenges, none of which compare to the events of recent weeks. There was no pre-field training to prepare for being jolted awake in the dead of night by the adrenaline that comes from booming sounds of missile attacks that shake the windows, followed by piercing cell phone alerts that ensure your entire household is awake to experience it all. The Great Commission is not bound by wars or rumours of wars. God’s Word must be preached in season and out of season. Gospel work continues in the midst of missile...

Angie Brown

They Will Hear: The Promise that Propels Mission

Matt Fraser

Be the Predictable Pastor

Reuben Bredenhof

Is A Pastor the Same Thing as an Elder?

Paul Carter

Sharing Without Shipwrecks

Andrew VanderPloeg

Where the Gospel Still Costs Everything

Steve Lambert

A few years ago, two Brazilian women showed up at the church I pastor and asked to look at our archives because they were writing a book about a missionary who was sent out by our church in the 1930s. This young woman, named Ernestine Horne, sailed to Brazil in 1934. The next year, she started a training school for women that has since grown into a global ministry called Betel Brasileiro. The small training school for women grew into a Bible college and seminary for training pastors and missionaries. They have trained thousands of students in more than twenty...

The Problem with Leaders

Darryl Dash

Even the best human leaders are flawed and will ultimately fail us.

Should I Stay or Should I Go? T.T. Shields, Benjamin Beddome, and Pastoral Transitions

Scott Hurst

There can be a strange vibe of secrecy surrounding a pastor’s move to a different church. I am not speaking from statistics, but from my experience in the evangelical Baptist world. A pastor’s current congregation, minus a select few, is often unaware of and not involved in the process until the day they hear their beloved pastor announce his resignation and intent to move. I wonder if there is a better way? Recently, I read Leslie Tarr’s biography of T. T. Shields, Shields of Canada, and the recently published book, Long May Thy Servant Feed Thy Sheep, by Yuta Seki,...