Baptist Resource Network

Caring Well Sunday
2026-09-27 | PA
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 care well for survivors of abuse.
1. Train:
Statistics tell us 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys (though many believe this is much higher) are sexually abused before they turn 18. Only a small percentage of these victims ever reveal their abuse. Church leaders must help our churches understand that the mission to prevent sexual abuse and our response to it is a clear and compelling gospel issue.
2. Screen:
In order to make your church safe from abuse, it is critical to implement a thorough screening process for anyone who will have access to children, youth, and vulnerable adults. A careful process ensures that individuals are suitable and compatible with your church’s policies and procedures.
3. Protect:
One of the ways you can protect children, youth, and vulnerable adults is by having solid policies and procedures in place at your church. These protect those you are serving while also protecting those that serve them. Once developed, being intentional about following policies and procedures is imperative for the protection of everyone involved.
4. Report:
Every state has laws identifying those required to report child abuse. Even if you believe you are not legally required to report child abuse in your state, you are still encouraged to report suspected or known abuse. As followers of Jesus, we are charged with protecting the vulnerable, and reporting known or suspected abuse is part of that mandate.
5. Care:
Abuse violates the dignity of our God-given image and disrupts our voice, sense of identity, and sense of trust and safety in relationships. Our response in supporting survivors of sexual abuse has the opportunity to accurately reflect the mission and character of Jesus Christ.
To make your church safe from abuse, church leaders must become informed about the impact of abuse and how to find the necessary supportive resources to come alongside survivors, for the sake of the gospel.
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Campus Missionary Learning Community
2026-09-25 09:30 - 2026-09-26 15:00 (America/New_York) | TBA, United States
The BRN Next team will be hosting a Campus Missionary Learning Community (CMLC) Sept. 25-26, 2026. The location will be announced at a later date. More details to come!

Children's Mission Day
2026-09-19 | PA
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 the United States hearing about and experiencing the love of Jesus because children’s groups are going beyond simply learning about missions to actively participating in missions.
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Accelerant Session
2026-09-16 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-08-05 13:00 - 15:00 | Zoom, United States
Collaborative planning with BRN directors

BRN Directors' Meeting
2026-09-16 09:30 - 11:30, 2026-08-05 09:30 - 11:30, 2026-07-02 09:30 - 11:30 | Zoom, United States

LovePASJ Impact Funds Week of Prayer and Missions Offering (alternate week)
2026-09-13 - 2026-09-20 | Online event
The LovePASJ Impact Funds Prayer and Offering for Missions gives Baptist Resource Network churches a way to support local ministry. Let’s pray BOLD prayers for a BOLD mission!
At the Baptist Resource Network, we seek to help you accelerate Kingdom movement by helping you take your next step in ministry, whatever that step may be, and ultimately, helping you achieve your next level in ministry. Doing that often requires boldness, so we are praying for God’s Holy Spirit to embolden us like never before! We believe God has given us everything we need to be bold prayer warriors, witnesses, generous givers, and Christians who love our neighbors well. Let’s boldly confront the pervasive lostness in our region — 14 million people in Pennsylvania and South Jersey — and beyond! Let’s consider how we can observe a bold missional month of prayer, service, and evangelism, seeking first God’s kingdom and His righteousness!
Where the Offering Goes
100% of this offering stays right here in Pennsylvania and South Jersey and supports ministry to our mission field, most notably in these areas:

Church Advancement
Church Starting and Missions Sending
Compassion Ministry/Disaster Relief
Next Gen Mobilization
Pastoral Wellness

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Labor Day
2026-09-07 | PA
The BRN office will be closed in observance of Labor Day. The BRN joins churches in thanking God for the gift of work, praying for strength and rest for all workers, and remembering those who are seeking or unable to find work.

BRN Corporate Prayer Time
2026-09-03 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-08-06 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-07-02 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom Online Meeting

Regional RECLAIM Gatherings
2026-08-27 10:00 - 14:00 | Winfield Baptist Church, 330 PA-304, Winfield, PA, 17889, United States
This event is invitation only.
About this Event:
Is it time to refocus?
Do you need to refresh or recharge your passion for prayer and ministry, and fellowship with like-minded pastors in your area?
The RECLAIM regional gatherings are designed to connect and reconnect the pastors in each region for a time of equipping, edifying, and prayer, as a strategic cadre united in purpose. This is a great opportunity to RECLAIM your passion for your ministry committed to prayer and the ministry of the Word.
Join us to discover clearer focus, experience deeper fulfillment, authentic fellowship, and pursue lasting fruitfulness. RECLAIM is a four-hour gathering of pastors in your region intended to galvanize your ministry. Each RECLAIM gathering will be led by its Regional Director. It will include invigorating training, mutual ministry, lunch, and Scripture-fed, Spirit-led, Worship-based prayer.
This FREE event will show you how to access vital resources available to you as you lead.
Who’s Invited:
This event is for pastors and elders of select regions. There will be future meetings for other regions.
Date/Time/Locations:
Three locations, each event is one day, four hours.
Tuesday, 08/25/2026, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Grace Baptist Church, 605 East Washington Street, New Bethlehem, PA 16242
Wednesday, 08/26/2026, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Carlisle Baptist Church, 701 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle, PA 17013
Thursday, 08/27/2026, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Winfield Baptist Church, 330 PA-304, Winfield, PA 17889
Lunch:
Lunch is provided by Strategic Renewal/6:4 Fellowship
Questions?
Contact David Ludwig, BRN director of discipleship and leadership development, at davidl@brnunited.org.
Register:
Register here.

Regional RECLAIM Gatherings
2026-08-26 10:00 - 14:00 | Carlisle Baptist Church, 701 Walnut Bottom Rd, Carlisle, 17013-3655

Regional RECLAIM Gatherings
2026-08-25 10:00 - 14:00 | Grace Baptist Church, 607 East Washington St., New Bethlehem, PA, 16242, United States

Global Hunger Sunday
2026-08-23 | PA
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 provider of food. One meal at a time, we become a family of believers addressing not just physical but spiritual hunger (John 6:35).
Gifts on Global Hunger Sunday provide food, aid, and the hope of Christ to communities in need. Use the resources below to prepare your church for Global Hunger Sunday!
Download resources for your church here.

LovePASJ Impact Funds Week of Prayer and Missions Offering
2026-08-16 - 2026-08-23 | Online event

SBC Serve Sunday
2026-08-09 | PA
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 to action to live out faith by serving others, highlighting ministries that help in crises and local needs, and providing resources for churches to get involved.
Through Send Relief, churches can find the tools they need to jumpstart an impactful, long-lasting ministry. Learn more about how your church can reach its community through compassion ministry at SendRelief.org.

Team BRN Meeting
2026-08-06 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom, United States
A time set aside to discuss the final planning for the Accelerate Conference

Send Relief Sunday
2026-08-02 | PA
Send Relief is encouraging Southern Baptists everywhere to join together to meet needs and change lives through serving others across the world on Send Relief Sunday.
Here are a few quick and easy ideas:
For churches:
Create care packages for grocery, delivery and other essential workers. Show kindness by giving employees small bags with healthy snacks, gift cards and other items. Include a note of thanks from your church. Your church could also consider packing bags in advance and working with the manager of a nearby grocery store to arrange delivery to all of the store’s employees.
Collect school supplies. Although many school districts are still uncertain about how or whether to return to the classroom this fall, one certainty is that students will need school supplies. Reach out to local principals and ask which supplies are most needed, and then start a collection. After packing the supplies in bags, work with your local schools to determine the best method of delivery.
Be a prayer warrior. Make lists of people and needs specific to your church’s community, and spend time praying, not just for the people or their needs, but also for God to reveal ways to provide ongoing encouragement and ministry to them.
For families:
Social distancing may prevent us from offering hugs and other expressions of personal touch or care, but it doesn’t have to hamper our creativity when it comes to serving.
Grab a donations box and fill it up. Help your children sort through clothes, toys, books and other items that are in good condition. Identify things that could be given to those less fortunate.
Support foster and adoptive families. An encouraging card in the mail or a meal delivered to their home can make an impact in the life of foster and adoptive families. For those in your community, let them know that you are thinking about and praying for them.
For your children:
Children learn best and feel empowered when they engage in projects on their own. Help them get hands-on, then stand back as they learn to give back with these ministry ideas.
Create thank you cards for medical personnel. Write a note of encouragement or have kids draw pictures for the medical staff at your local hospitals.
Get crafty. Let your child create items — pasta necklaces, painted stones, cookies, etc. — that they can share with neighbors, along with a note of encouragement.
Ultimately, it is God’s lovingkindness that draws men and women to Him (Jeremiah 31:3). Believers should seek to do this daily — but set Send Relief Sunday aside, especially, to be extensions of God’s lovingkindness to the world.
Visit Sendrelief.org to find more ways your church can meet needs and change lives.
Adapted from an article written by Gabriel Stovall of the North American Mission Board.

Woven Women South Jersey Region Zoom Gathering
2026-07-25 10:00 - 12:00 | BRN HUB, 4620 Fritchey Street, Harrisburg, PA, 17109, United States
This event is invitation only.
About this Event:
Gather with other women’s ministry leaders in the South Jersey Region for a time of getting to know one another, networking, and growing in your leadership skills.
Who’s Invited:
Women’s ministry leaders from Baptist Resource Network churches in the South Jersey region.
Date/Time:
Saturday, July 25 from 10 a.m. to noon
Location:
This will be an online Zoom gathering.
Questions?
Contact Mary Landis, BRN Women’s consultant, at maryl@brnunited.org.
Register:
If you’d like to attend, please email maryl@brnunited.org.

Harrisburg Mission House Open House
2026-07-18 14:00 - 16:00 | BRN HUB, 4620 Fritchey Street, Harrisburg, PA, 17109, United States
This summer, the Baptist Resource Network will host an Open House to dedicate the newly renovated Harrisburg Mission House. Guests will also tour the BRN’s Guest House and Hub office. Light refreshments will be served.
Our Special Guests:
This house will be dedicated in honor of the meaningful service and renovation work of Dewey and Kathie Aiken of Baptists on Mission as well as their fellow N.C. Baptist churches.
Date/Time:
Saturday, July 18, 2-4 p.m. The dedication ceremony will begin at 3 p.m.
Location:
BRN Hub, 4620 Fritchey Street, Harrisburg, PA
Let us know you are coming by registering here.

BRN Directors' Planning Meeting
2026-07-14 - 2026-07-15 | BRN HUB, 4620 Fritchey Street, Harrisburg, PA, 17109, United States
A time set aside for the Baptist Resource Network directors to plan and pray for ministry priorities.

Jesus Week Movement: Citywide Prayer
2026-07-11 11:00 - 17:00 | Philadelphia, Various locations around the city, Philadelphia, United States
About the Event:
St. John Memorial Baptist Church in Philadelphia has partnered with “Jesus Week Movement,” specifically the organization’s Youth with a Mission and Taking Jesus to the Street Ministry, to pray for Philadelphia. The church is seeking and asking BRN churches, ministries, and prayer warriors throughout Philadelphia to come alongside them in this citywide prayer initiative. This effort is designed to unite churches and believers across the city to pray, witness, evangelize, make disciples, and spread the gospel, while at the same time pray for healing, peace, revival, and transformation (Mark 16:15; Matthews 28:19-20.)

St. John Memorial Baptist Church is in great need of volunteers, prayer teams, and ministry partners to help staff strategic prayer stations throughout Philadelphia for this event. Your participation is vital to the success of this outreach.

Strategic prayer routes have been established for the event. Prayer stations will be established along the following key corridors:

(Broad Street) from Cheltenham Avenue to JFK Boulevard
(Market Street) from 63rd St. to 15th Street
(Broad Street) from Snyder Avenue to S. Penn Square
Prayer Rally Northbound side of City Hall

These routes have been carefully selected to cover major sections of the city with prayer, outreach, and community engagement. Training will be provided for all prayer station volunteers to ensure that everyone is equipped and prepared to minister effectively.
This citywide prayer movement will culminate with a powerful gathering at Philadelphia City Hall.

Who’s Invited:
BRN churches, ministries, and prayer warriors throughout Philadelphia and any BRN church outside of Philadelphia that would like to partner.
Date/Time:
July 11, 2026, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location:
Various prayer stations across the city of Philadelphia (see strategic prayer routes list above). The event will culminate at Philadelphia City Hall (1400 John F Kennedy Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19107).
Cost:
Free!
Interested?

For more information, please contact:

Pastor Nathaniel Holder, St. John Memorial Baptist Church
Phone: (215) 680-3740
Email: nhold@aol.com

Woven Women West Region Zoom Gathering
2026-07-07 08:00 - 17:00 | BRN HUB, 4620 Fritchey Street, Harrisburg, PA, 17109, United States
This event is invitation only.
About this Event:
Gather with other women’s ministry leaders in the West Region for a time of getting to know one another, networking, and growing in your leadership skills.
Who’s Invited:
Women’s ministry leaders from Baptist Resource Network churches in the South Jersey region.
Date/Time:
Saturday, August 15 from 10 a.m. to noon
Location:
This will be an online Zoom gathering.
Questions?
Contact Mary Landis, BRN Women’s consultant, at maryl@brnunited.org.
Register:
If you’d like to attend, please email maryl@brnunited.org.

Religious Liberty Sunday
2026-07-05 | PA
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 your church on this Sunday.
Baptists’ unwavering commitment to religious liberty has been a defining feature of their history and identity. From the early theological convictions of John Smyth and Thomas Helwys to the modern advocacy of the ERLC, Baptists have consistently championed the principle that faith must be free from state coercion. As the world becomes increasingly pluralistic, the Baptist tradition of advocating for religious liberty remains crucial. By continuing this legacy, Baptists and others committed to religious freedom can ensure that this fundamental right is preserved and protected for future generations.
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Independence Day
2026-07-03 | PA
The BRN office will be closed on July 3 in observance of Independence Day. We join our churches in thanking God for our national freedom and praying for wisdom for leaders, strength for the military, and for the nation to pursue justice, righteousness, and unity under God.

Mission:Dignity Sunday
2026-06-28 | PA
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 afford to contribute to their pastors’ retirement. Often, these loyal soldiers of the cross had to work extra jobs just to make ends meet.
Mission:Dignity currently helps almost 1,800 people with extra money needed for housing, food and vital medications. It has also ensured a well-deserved dignity, independence and, often, the ability to continue serving.
Find more information and resources here.

Serve Lehigh Valley
2026-06-26 - 2026-06-27 | Various
Baptist Resource Network churches are invited to serve the Lehigh Valley, with cities like Bethlehem, Allentown, and Easton, which are among the fastest growing municipalities in Pennsylvania. The BRN is identifying the communities’ most pressing needs in partnership with these churches: First Baptist Church, Allentown; Iglesia Bautista Hispana, Easton; Keystone Fellowship; Mission Vida; Riverbend Community Church; and The Vine Calvary Chapel. Projects will go live in March 2026. These projects include opportunities, such as evangelism, light construction, work with immigrants, mobile grill outreach, school and community beautification, and more!
To help offset costs of the projects, we are requesting a $15 donation (or a donation of any amount) for all participants, except college students and youth/children. Your $15 contribution helps to pay for your t-shirt, meals, and pertinent materials for the projects you serve on. Your contribution is so appreciated because every dollar we receive helps pay for our projects and everything related to sharing the Gospel with these communities in the Northeast Pennsylvania. We could not make the impact alone so thanks for your generosity and partnership.
Learn more at servepasj.com.
