Tuesday, October 27, 2015

• Church budgets: Can they be visionary & rewarding?

  by Todd McMichen, posted Tuesday, October 27, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- The church budgeting process ranks fairly low on the list of a minister's most motivating and inspiring experiences. Pastors will line up to deliver a message, shepherd the hurting, pray for the wayward and lead the body forward. However, if a pastor lies awake at night thinking of the church budget, it's often for the wrong reasons.

  For many churches, the budgeting process begins with ministry ... Read More

• World Series cities share need for church plants

  by Tobin Perry, posted Tuesday, October 27, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy River's Edge Fellowship

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- At first glance the two cities appear as different as they could possibly be.

  New York City is the city that doesn't sleep, the financial center of the United States and one of the largest cities on the planet. The home of barbecue, jazz and Hallmark, Kansas City, Mo., is best known as the "Heart of America" and the "Paris of the Plains." Read More

• Royals' Ben Zobrist: a 'missionary' to teammates

  by Tim Ellsworth, posted Tuesday, October 27, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Kansas City Royals photo.

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- Ben Zobrist has proven his value on the baseball field to the Kansas City Royals. In Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, Zobrist homered off Toronto pitcher R.A. Dickey in the top of the first to give the Royals a quick 2-0 lead, sparking a four-run inning in a blowout 14-2 win.

  Two games later, Zobrist again went deep in the first inning to ... Read More

• TRUSTEES: Spurgeon Library dedicated, record enrollment at Midwestern

  by T. Patrick Hudson, posted Tuesday, October 27, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- The Spurgeon Library dedication, record enrollment, faculty elections and campus master plan approval highlighted Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's fall trustee meeting on Oct. 19-20. Read More

• TRUSTEES: New School of Preaching approved at SWBTS

  by Alex Sibley, posted Tuesday, October 27, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's board of trustees approved the establishment of a School of Preaching; elected five new faculty members; received reports of a 10 percent enrollment increase for the fall semester; and conducted other business during their fall meeting, Oct. 19-21. Read More

• FROM THE STATES: Miss. evangelism/missions news; Fla.'s smallest churches make big impact

  by Staff, posted Tuesday, October 27, 2015 (8 years ago)

  Today's From the States features items from: The Baptist Record;

  Florida Baptist Witness. Read More

• WORLDVIEW: Pencil in God's hand

  by Erich Bridges, posted Tuesday, October 27, 2015 (8 years ago)

  "Even among those who serve God, service itself can become a little god through which we come to worship ourselves, not Him," writes missions columnist Erich Bridges. "So we should always hold our individual callings lightly, because they are not 'ours.' They are merely means to a divine end: the glory of God." Read More