By Marv Knox Five congregations ravaged by Hurricane Harvey are taking new steps toward wholeness, thanks to the compassion and generosity of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship members. CBF representatives recently delivered checks totaling $165,000 to help the churches continue their rebuilding efforts in Harvey’s wake. The congregations—First Baptist Church of Holiday Beach in Rockport, Iglesia Casa … Continue reading
By Blake Tommey Missouri is a lush oasis for predatory loans, with more payday lenders there than Starbucks, McDonald’s and Walmart stores combined. In 2017, Missouri lenders issued more than 1.6 million payday loans—averaging about one in four residents—each carrying an average annual interest rate of 462 percent. Add tens of millions of dollars in fines, … Continue reading
A Sermon by Micah Pritchett Opening Welcome to Worship We are taking on a difficult subject this morning. The #metoo movement has shown a bright, bright light on our culture’s acceptance of demeaning and sometimes violent treatment of women. Institutions have been rocked. Careers ended. Horrific truths revealed. As the #metoo movement has captured the … Continue reading
By Andy Hale If you had asked me a few years ago if the American culture could be at least managing with prescribed social medication or cured of racism, bigotry, homophobia, xenophobia, and sexism, I probably would have believed it possible. It just seemed like the direction we are heading. And yet, I wake up at … Continue reading
Seminary was a thrilling time for a nerd like me. I could learn all the things about subjects I was really interested in, and I could ask all the questions that had made my Sunday School teachers panic and deflect. Here are some of the topics I was immersed in: Writing a sermon with a … Continue reading
By Marv Knox EL PASO—Central American immigrants in El Paso soon will be able to bathe themselves and their children in respectful privacy, thanks to a small congregation supported by Fellowship Southwest. Osvaldo Vasquez, pastor of Iglesia de Dios El Elyon in El Paso, has led his tiny congregation to serve asylum seekers released by … Continue reading
By Jon and Tanya Parks Do you remember getting Valentine’s Day cards? When I was young – and when our girls were still in U.S. schools – you brought a Valentine card for everyone in your class. A little box would come with 10-12 small cards, and they usually had some kind of cartoon character, … Continue reading
