Over their spring break, a team from Penn State New Life took a group of students from multiple campus ministries across Pennsylvania to Toronto, Canada, to serve in the city with a ministry called Urban Promise.
Worship through song is a vital weekly practice for many of our Southern Baptist churches across the nation and right here in Pennsylvania and South Jersey. To help foster this essential ministry, the SBC Worship Research Committee is conducting a survey and asking all SBC churches — including BRN churches — to participate.
On March 16, 2026 (3.16), the Baptist Resource Network welcomed 183 guests and 50 churches to the fifth annual Advance Evangelism Conference at Calvary Church in State College, Pa.
The BRN hosts its fifth annual Advance Conference; churches host events to encourage and equip; and we celebrate new life in Christ through baptism - it's a great week in the BRN Family!
'It was a great day of God's people being together to be encouraged to be on mission for sharing Jesus Christ,' say Drs. Barry Whitworth and Larry Anderson, who share an exciting recap of the March 16, 2026, Advance Conference in State College, Pa.
Missionary Jackie Lewis serves in Uganda sharing the Good News of Jesus with those in secluded mountainous regions and of the Islamic faith.
Churches host retreats and new events; the BRN team meets to pray and prepare for spring opportunities; and we celebrate new life in Christ through baptisms - it's an exciting week in the BRN Family!
Barry Whitworth, executive director of the Baptist Resource Network, knows Easter is a prime time for people to visit churches, but the question most churches are asking is, "How can you encourage these guests to come back to church?"
Missionaries Chad and Miriam Pumpelly both grew up on the mission field and continued pursuing a heart for missions after they met in high school. They now serve Sub-Saharan African Peoples and share the gospel in Africa.
More than two out of every three people in North America do not have a relationship with Jesus, shares Barry Whitworth, executive director of the Baptist Resource Network.