Blog Archive

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Collegiate Ministries

New Year. New Semester. New You?

There are millions (literally 22,800,000 of them) of Google search results for “new year resolutions.” Each new year is the fresh start to finally get serious about (fill in the blank).  According

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Cooperative Program

United yet Unfinished

In October 1823 on a Tuesday, Alabama churches sent messengers to a meeting in Greensboro. Those in attendance helped form the Alabama Baptist State Convention. They promptly elected Charles Crow as

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Disaster Relief

The Yellow Shirt Army

When terrible events happen, who are you going to call? The answer is often the Yellow Shirt Army – namely Southern Baptist Disaster Relief workers. Across the SBC, many state

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Leadership

Unfinished

In a recent conversation with my wife, Pam, she asked me a probing yet pertinent question. “If you had to use one word to describe what to believe about the

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Church Revitalization

A Gift for the Honoree

Have you ever thought about the fact that Christmas is the only Birthday we celebrate where we give everyone except the honoree a gift? It is true. When invited to

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Church Revitalization

The Spirit of Giving Grows

I recently read the story of Chad Rose, a Michigan resident who one year happened to have an extra Christmas tree that was used on his business’s parade float. Not

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Cooperative Program

A Mousetrap for Christmas?

I’m sure many of you have already completed your Christmas shopping and you’re just enjoying the holiday season watching Hallmark movies and/or football games and sipping on hot chocolate. For

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