Shepherd’s Fund to assist retired Georgia Baptist ministers with health care costs
“I’ve seen great needs from retired ministers…
retirement
Pickard retires after 33 years at Northside Milledgeville
Pastor Jerry Pickard and his family. SUMBITTED
Retired pastors satisfied and optimistic, but see room for improvement
By Aaron EarlsNASHVILLE – Most retirement age pastors and missionaries say their current life is close to ideal, but some who have entered retirement say they could’ve been better prepared.In a survey sponsored by Shepherd’s Fold Ministries, Nashville-based LifeWay Research asked 2,451 pastors, ministers and missionaries who were retired or at least 67 years old […]
Baptist Retirement Communities break ground for latest phase in the mountains
“We are a place of faith and community that more seniors will soon call home…”
Cash, pastor for 62 years, retires
Robert and Pauline Cash BOB CASH/Special WARTHEN – On Sunday, Sept. 8, Robert Cash preached his final sermon at Union Baptist Church in Warthen, one of the oldest churches in Washington County (est. 1844). Friends and family attended to celebrate his final sermon from the pulpit, culminating 62 years of pastoral ministry. Cash graduated from […]
What’s happening across the state
Two Georgia Baptist pastors have retired, one new AMS was welcomed, and there’s a concert coming up.
Passing the baton: Bradley equips successor through discipleship
“It’s been like a 30-year honeymoon
Augie Boto to retire from SBC Executive Committee
“Southern Baptists, and particularly the EC staff, are like my family.”
Crumbliss retires after nearly five decades of ministry
In 2008 First Baptist Forest Park was profiled in several Index articles that reported on ministering within an ever-changing community.
What I have learned from Tom Brady and the ‘Two Minute Warning’
“… surely I can still serve my Lord and sing praises to him until “my time has come.”
Barbecue, Walmart, and finishing 50 years of full-time ministry
“I talked it over with God. I said I didn’t want to do it. God said I would.”
Boswell’s future pursuits include ministry, family, fishing
“When it’s all summed up it’s been a real delight.”