NOTE: The following is a post from Steve Prevatte reflecting on lessons he’s learning this Lenten Season. Steve has served as Minister of Youth, Minister of Education, and Minister of Administration before moving into Hospital Chaplaincy. His journey is also OUR journey! At some point in life you very well may find yourself in a … Continue reading
Author Archives: Bo Prosser
Can You Please Come over and Help Us?
NOTE: The following post comes from Nathan Dean. Nathan and his wife Carrie are co-pastors of Edgewood Church Atlanta, a new church start in the Edgewood community of Atlanta. We received an email last week from a lady in the community named “Alice.” She said, “I know what you all do for the community and … Continue reading
Baptist Congregation hosts Muslim Students
The following comes from Kevin Meadows, pastor of Grandin Court Baptist in Roanoke, Virginia. Grandin Court is a Dawnings Pilot Church and has been very active in our It’s Time mission grants. Thanks, Kevin and Congregation, for such a great story of intentional relationship building and ministry! For several years, Grandin Court Baptist Church has … Continue reading
Leadership in Constant Change!
My friend and colleague, Terry Hamrick, shares some very relevant thoughts for us today… A staff colleague once had a baseball cap hanging in his office with two bills angled from the front. The inscription on the cap read, “I’m their leader, which way did they go?” This cap captures the feelings of many congregational … Continue reading
Still Time for using Advent Sermons
There is still time to put these sermons to good use. Advent is about preparing, waiting, journeying, and celebrating. Jim Sommerville has contributed four wonderful sermons for your Advent Journey. The Missional Congregations initiative area of CBF brings you four video sermons for Advent, 2012. Jim Somerville, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia … Continue reading
A Path through the Hedges
Several years ago, Oakmont Baptist Church in Greenville, NC was surrounded by a huge hedge of bushes. This hedge was a privacy barrier between the church and an apartment complex in the back of the church’s property. Today there are several paths through the hedges giving access from the complex to the church. The paths … Continue reading
Four Sermons for Your Advent Journey
Jim Sommerville contributes sermons for your Advent Journey. The Missional Congregations initiative area of CBF brings you four video sermons for Advent, 2012. Jim Somerville, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia has recorded these for use in a variety of settings. We are grateful to Jim for his gift of time and insights. … Continue reading
Pastoral Care Week, Oct 21-27
Next week is national Pastoral Care Week. The link below offers several resources and ideas for recognition and celebration! http://www.pastoralcareweek.org/resources2012.html Please take time in your church week to recognize those who serve among you and who carry the Gospel to places where many of us cannot go. Thank you Chaplains and Pastoral Counselors! … Continue reading
Election Day Communion
Peer Learning Group Convener and Pastor friend, Kevin Glenn offers the following! Thanks, Kevin, for a great idea! Dear Colleagues in Ministry, As Election Day approaches, each day brings the sad reality of just how polarized and divided our nation has become. There are many reasons for this, and many of those reasons are politically … Continue reading
Four Sermons for Advent
The Missional Congregations initiative area of CBF brings you four video sermons for Advent, 2012. Jim Somerville, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia has recorded these for use in a variety of settings. We are grateful to Jim for his gift of time and insights. We are praying for you and your churches as … Continue reading