Our Purpose
The Baptist Church Ministry Network exists to connect pastors, missionaries, and ministry staff members (active and retired) of Baptist churches for encouragement through Bible preaching and fellowship; the Network also provides a vehicle for biblical, balanced Baptist pastors, missionaries, and ministry staff members to partner together for the purpose of reaching the lost at home and around the world.
FROM OUR BLOG
John MacArthur urges churches to challenge gov’t and reopen amid pandemic, Andy Stanley disagrees
Leonardo Blair Christian Post Reporter Pastors John MacArthur and Andy Stanley, who are both influential Christian leaders, presented dueling advice on how churches should respond to government restrictions amid the pandemic this week, with MacArthur urging
RE-TIRED-MENT!
Ron Abbot Retired Num. 8:24-26 24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
Staying Salty: Part 2 – Stay Salty: The Ministry of the SALT Conference
Steve Burkholder Missionary to Tanzania As we discussed in the last blog, keeping one’s savor (saltiness) is necessary in order to remain effective in ministry. This is especially true for the foreign missionary as he does
Six Reasons Your Pastor Is About to Quit
Thom S. Rainer About one-third of you readers are laypersons. This article is for you. Of course, I know pastors and other vocational ministry leaders will be reading as well. Perhaps, more than my article, they
Embracing Change
Tim Taylor Pastor Victory Baptist Church Vergennes, Vermont The other day I hired a 42 year old woman to teach the preschoolers in our school. I went over her contract and said I wanted to be absolutely
Staying Salty: Part 1 – Don’t Lose Your Savor!
Steve Burkholder Missionary to Tanzania As Christians we are compared to many things in the New Testament. In Matthew 5:13 we are compared to “salt.” Salt has many practical uses including the preservation and enhancing of
“The BCMN endorsement has made it possible for us to contact pastors more confidently. However, the greater benefit is that the BCMN, through the endorsement, has allowed us to talk with pastors who are honestly interested in missions and interested in having missionaries come to their churches. This is a HUGE blessing! In the end, it has made it possible for us to partner with new churches so that we can continue the ministry God has called us to do in Nicaragua.
“The BCMN Network is a source of encouragement, inspiration, mentoring, and help to me in the ministry. I love this group of like minded men and women.”