Featuring insights from the perspective of both a pastor and his wife, The Pastor's Family Shepherding Your Family through the Challenges of Pastoral Ministry by Brian and Cara Croft  identifies the complicated burdens and expectations ministry brings to the life of a family.
Expanding the mission of Jesus isn’t a short-term sprint – it’s a marathon. If you don’t lead with health, you won’t last. So how do healthy leaders start and grow movements? They multiply. "Multiplier: How Healthy Leaders Create Lasting Impact" by Dave Ferguson seeks to help you become a healthy, multiplying leader.
The ministry of encouragement matters and the church needs Barnabas. David Ludwig, BRN director of discipleship and leadership development, recalls the vital role the Old Testament figure played in the early church and reminds us of why the ministry of encouragement is still crucial in the advancing of the Gospel today.
Pastors and missionaries in Philadelphia share how God is moving in their city; churches help churches through Kingdom partnerships; and we celebrate several baptisms - it's a great week in the BRN Family!
This year, Penn West Kids Camp hosted 97 kids at Little Mahoning Bible Camp in Smicksburg, Pa., for a week of fun and learning about God's good Word. At the end of camp, eight campers confessed Jesus as Lord for the first time and 30 expressed interest in baptism!
BRN churches serve one another through projects and events; the Harrisburg Mission House is dedicated; and many proclaim their faith in Jesus through baptisms - it's an exciting week in the BRN Family!
A construction team from Hillcrest Baptist Church in Butler, Pa., and Little River Baptist in North Carolina recently blessed Pastor Ken Sachs and his family with new stairs and Kingdom partnerships.
BRN churches rejoice over children responding to the Gospel through VBS and outreach events; churches serve their communities; and we celebrate new life in Christ through baptism - it's an exciting week in the BRN Family!
BRN churches share the love of Christ in their community and around the world; summer outreach events continue; and we celebrate ministry milestones - it's a great week in the BRN Family!
Reverend Willis A. Brown, pastor of Mt. Airy Baptist Church in Philadelphia, was received into eternal rest on July 16, 2026. A Celebration of Life service for Rev. Brown will be held Saturday, July 25, at Mt. Airy Baptist Church, starting at 10 a.m.