By Aaron Earls NASHVILLE (BP) – U.S. Protestant churches endured a difficult 2020, including starting the year with fewer congregations. In 2019, approximately 3,000 Protestant churches were started in the U.S., but 4,500 Protestant churches closed, according to estimates from Nashville-based Lifeway Research. The number of Southern Baptist churches, however, grew in both 2019 and 2020. Church plants totaled 588 in […]
By Carol Pipes/LifeWay Christian Resources NASHVILLE — LifeWay Christian Resources has reached an agreement to sell Ridgecrest Conference Center and Summer Camps to the Ridgecrest Foundation. The two groups plan to complete the transfer of the North Carolina property and ministries by the end of 2020. “God has answered our prayers by providing a potential […]
…the [LifeWay] board has called an emergency meeting today…
Next summer, kids will roll up their sleeves and grab excavation gear …
“We want to have something real, a tangible benefit for all types of churches…”
“What if some liberal group of non-believers deceive the trustees…”
“…the impact upon thousands of lives over 30 years of ministry is undeniable.”
… several Southern Baptist agencies have announced changes in operations …
“This was a painful decision.”
NAMB TRUSTEES: Ezell shares ministry center expansion plan, 5-year goalsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (BP) – North American Mission Board (NAMB) president Kevin Ezell shared a series of five-year goals, including more than doubling the entity’s number of Send Relief ministry centers throughout North America.”Our goal,” Ezell told NAMB’s board of trustees this week, “is to […]
New SBC entity leaders from left to right: LifeWay’s Ben Mandrell, NOBTS’s Jamie Dew, SWBTS’s Adam Greenway, and IMB’s Paul Chitwood. BAPTIST PRESS NASHVILLE (BP) — Four of the five newly-elected Southern Baptist entity presidents delivered their first reports to SBC Executive Committee members, noting some of the challenges they face and thanking churches for […]
“Ministry is a team sport, and Lynley and I are jumping all in [at LifeWay].”