Ringgold church making a difference in local schools
Members of the Women’s mission group with the 160 Easter baskets given to a primary school. BBBC/Special
Student Life
Georgia Tech students make disciples one backpack at a time
“We are Christ-led disciples making disciples.” The Georgia Tech Baptist Collegiate Ministry is driven by this motto and mantra. It appears on their clothes, materials, teaching tools, and in conversations. The students challenge each other with it throughout the year. One such challenge is the Christmas Backpacks collection that occurs at Confluence, an annual event for BCMs […]
Worship Leader Hank Murphy describes BCM as a “launching pad” for life
Hank Murphy (right) leads worship at the Southern Baptist Convention in Birmingham in June. SCREENCAPTURE MCDONOUGH – Hank Murphy, the current worship leader for Summit Church’s Brier Creek Campus, would tell you it all began with a spontaneous night of worship. And knowing Hank Murphy, that’s the only way it should have begun. Four months […]
Deadline for Student Achievement Award scholarships is Nov. 1
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Shorter Alumnus Duren to be featured speaker at Christmas on the Hill
He has won two Dove Awards for his contributions to church music ministry resources.
At Confluence students learn how relationships, ministry flow together
ATHENS — It’s Tuesdays @ Tate, the University of Georgia Baptist Collegiate Ministries’ weekly worship gathering. Freshman Cole Chapman picks up his guitar and helps sing, leading worship in front of his peers. Chapman is involved in as many BCM ministries as he can. Why? “I’m sent to Athens to share the Gospel.” The Business […]
These BCM students do a lot to paint UGA with the Gospel
The UGA Paint Line has become a prominent part of the atmosphere at Sanford Stadium since beginning more than 20 years ago. With most of its members active in Baptist Collegiate Ministries, the group also works to represent Christ in the way it operates. Photo courtesy of Slater Brown ATHENS — Game day begins […]
Students: Bring Bibles to school Oct. 3
By Diana Chandler COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (BP) — After 17-year-old Perry participated in Bring Your Bible to School Day in the seventh grade, he started a Bible study for classmates and grew closer to God during his mother’s cancer diagnosis in his junior year. “I think that if you take one step, one action […]
Truett McConnell announces improvements to campus buildings
All funds for the first cabin of the Danny E. Watters Village project have been raised…
The key to college ministry is a key to church growth
Above: Joe Graham, lead state missionary for the Georgia Baptist Collegiate Ministries, speaks with Abby Everett, a teaching and discipleship intern at First Baptist Statesboro and a graduating senior at Georgia Southern. MYRIAH SNYDER/Index STATESBORO — Generation Z, typically defined as those born between 1997 and 2015, make up 26% of the population today. However, they’re still largely misunderstood. They don’t […]
Part 3: The three types of students
“The good news is that changes can happen in the lives and minds of these students…”
What this test reveals about biblical literacy and college freshmen
“I begin … by discussing the ‘elephant in the room’ question.”