Serve York County is a two-day large-scale missions event in partnership with the Baptist Resource Network of Pennsylvania/South Jersey and its churches and partners who seek to demonstrate the love of God in tangible ways through compassion ministry. We believe God wants to use His church as a mobilized missionary force that demonstrates His love…
Since 1918, GuideStone Financial Resources has been on a “Mission” to provide “Dignity” to retired Southern Baptist ministers, workers and their widows. These are men and women who have faithfully served God’s people and now find themselves struggling to meet even basic needs. Many served small, rural churches that paid only modest salaries and couldn’t…
As the Baptist Faith & Message 2000 declares, “A free church in a free state is the Christian ideal.” We’ve provided a free video and bulletin insert for use in…
SBC Serve Sunday is a specific day for Southern Baptist churches and members to focus on community service, often tied to Send Relief initiatives, encouraging tangible acts of compassion like disaster relief (SBDR), feeding programs, or local outreach to share the Gospel through meeting needs, with dates varying but typically around August. It's a call…
Global Hunger Sunday is a yearly reminder of Southern Baptists’ commitment to supporting the Global Hunger Relief (GHR) fund. This initiative reaches across borders, addressing hunger relief on a global scale. Through your prayers and generous contributions, Send Relief—a collaboration of the International Mission Board and the North American Mission Board—becomes more than just a…
WMU launched Children’s Missions Day in 2008 to move children in grades 1–6 out of their churches and into their communities to do missions. The goal is for children’s groups to create projects that meet needs in their own communities. Children’s Missions Day (CMD) has been going strong ever since, with people in communities across…
To make our churches safe from abuse, we must be proactive. Developing policies and procedures ahead of time, training and educating staff and volunteers, as well as partnering with abuse experts will set your church up well to be a safe place for your community. Here are five essential action steps you can implement to…
The Cooperative Program is Southern Baptists’ unified plan of giving through which cooperating Southern Baptist churches give a percentage of their undesignated receipts in support of their respective state convention and the Southern Baptist Convention missions and ministries. View / Download BRN Cooperative Program materials here. More resources are located at sbc.net/cp.
The Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church is an opportunity for individuals and churches across the Southern Baptist Convention to unite in prayer for our brothers and sisters around the world who are persecuted for their faith. When we pray for persecuted believers, God uses their witness to inspire gospel transformation among the lost.…
Orphan and Widow Sunday reminds us to align our hearts with the call to practice true religion (James 1:27), caring for orphans and widows. Here are three ways a believer can be mindful of them throughout the year. Be Near to the Brokenhearted Scripture tells us clearly that God is close to the brokenhearted (Ps.…