By Matt Norman A year ago, I noticed two young college-aged people come and sit down at a special service that we were having at Mosaic. Mosaic is a ministry we started in partnership with the First Baptist Church of Sabadell. It is a gathering for people who are interested in exploring their questions about God, Jesus and … Continue reading
By Mary Van Rheenen Several refugees come to the Baptist church we attend in Arnhem, the Netherlands. We are not a large church, but we simultaneously translate the worship services into Persian, Ukrainian and English. Most of the baptisms in the past three years have been people from Iran or Afghanistan. One of them (let’s … Continue reading
By Suzie Dao was one of 15 children in her family. She tells early memories of being tied to the front porch with her toddler siblings while her parents went to work in the fields. They didn’t have daycare; that was just the way things were done. Her father was a local school principal and … Continue reading
Disponible en Español aquiMarch 2 When one is hurt, we are all hurt. We are all created in the image of God. Yet we are often blind to this. This child represents the fracturing that happens when we forget that we are all created in God’s image and that when one suffers, we all suffer. … Continue reading
2 DE MARZO Cuando se hiere a uno, se nos hiere a todos.Todos hemos sido creados a imagen de Dios. Sin embargo, a menudo no somos conscientes de ello. Este niño representa la ruptura que se produce cuando olvidamos que todos hemos sido creados a imagen de Dios y que cuando uno sufre, todos sufrimos. … Continue reading
By Carson Foushee Each country celebrates Christmas a little differently. Japan has inherited many traditions from the West, but there are also some that are uniquely Japanese. Like in America, shopping malls are full of beautiful Christmas trees as shoppers seek gifts for loved ones with familiar English seasonal songs playing in stores. Christmas lights, … Continue reading
By Anna Anderson We did not know what to expect when Woody and Bev Baker began to talk to us about ministry opportunities in eastern North Carolina. They knew that being in an area closer to their aging mothers would be helpful. They knew that they weren’t ready to retire fully, and they wanted to … Continue reading
By Kristen Thomason When Jon and Tanya Parks and their two daughters moved from Kenbridge, Virginia, to Košice, Slovakia, they were taking a 5,000-mile step of faith. “We thought we were being the faithful ones, leaving behind our home and families to serve across the ocean. But our one-time act was just the beginning of faithfulness, not the … Continue reading
By Marv Knox Shane McNary used to make a morbid prediction that proved prophetic—and pragmatic—for his ministry partners in Central Europe. “When I had a conversation with somebody to start a new collaboration in ministry, my standard speech was, ‘I’m going to die tomorrow, so whatever we decide to do today, you have to commit … Continue reading
By Scarlette Jasper Scarlette Jasper is a CBF field personnel serving in Southern Kentucky. She works with Together for Hope, CBF’s rural poverty initiative. “Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance … Continue reading