N.C. Baptists aid returning Albanian refugees
Winter comes early in Kosovo and N.C. Baptists are joining with Southern Baptists across the United States to assist ethnic Albanian refugees returning to their country with repairs to their war-damaged homes and blankets to guard them against the cold. The first team leaves Sept. 6.
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Diversity creates togetherness at retreat
Among the leaders at the 6th annual Gathering of Baptists and Others Interested in Spirituality in late July at Mars Hill College were an Episcopal priest, Quaker minister and a Benedictine monk.
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Healthy churches require healthy church leaders, members, pastor says
Noticed any visitors in your church lately? Is your baptistery bone dry? Are your members even bothering to lift a hymn book when the music minister calls out the hymn numbers? If you answered "No," "Yes," "No," then your church may be dying or at least gravely ill, said Doug Munton, pastor of First Baptist Church, O'Fallon, Ill.
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Worship back to future for the new liturgicals
With the explosive growth of contemporary worship in the past two decades, some Christians might think they've seen the last of liturgical worship. Think again. Though still small, there is a movement back to the roots of ancient worship. It is surfacing in some unlikely places:
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