Where is your church on the lifecycle?
At every stage of a church's lifecycle, the Baptist Resource Network is here to help.
50 STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: A Gospel of Reconciliation and Compassion
Baptist Resource Network directors Dr. Larry Anderson, who oversees healthy churches, and Buff McNickle, who oversees compassion ministries, speak candidly about how God has moved in their roles at the BRN, especially through the recent racial reconciliation efforts in Philadelphia, where participants have come to a point of now having "a level of trust, a level of respect, a level of love" and safety in difficult conversations.
BRN Executive Director Barry Whitworth celebrates church planting
Though March 21, 2021, is Church-Planting Emphasis Sunday on the Southern Baptist Convention calendar, the Baptist Resource Network likes to celebrate church planting every day, says BRN Executive Director Barry Whitworth.
BRN Disaster Relief Director Kenton Hunt urges churches to be ready to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts
Churches are urged to discover their community's pressing needs and to step up and volunteer to meet those needs by calling their county Emergency Management Coordinator or Health Department and asking, “Do you need volunteers to staff vaccination sites?”
Calvary Christian Church: Knowing neighbors, meeting needs
Philadelphia’s poverty rate, coupled with the pandemic, provides an opportunity for Calvary to KNOW their neighbors; SHOW what it means to follow Christ through words and actions; and to teach them to GROW in all that Jesus commanded.
50 STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: A missionally-minded legacy
Four generations of women who were involved in missions education have culminated in the commissioning of one as a new missionary to Africa!
Pennsylvania churches urged to file decennial report to protect names, identity and to stay in good standing with the state
The legislative intent for requiring these filings is to identify business names and marks that are no longer in use, so that they may be reissued and placed back into the stream of commerce.
Lifeway’s ESL classes offer pathway to Christ
Pastor Mishin has made supporting immigrants a priority because “it is a practical way to show the love of Christ to people in our community who are culturally marginalized and need help the most.”
BRN Evangelism Grants available for Easter outreaches
Baptist Resource Network Executive Director Barry Whitworth shares that BRN grants are available for churches who are interested in purchasing either The Easter Code or The Apostles' Code for Easter outreaches.
BREAKING NEWS: Volunteer your church to provide resource support for vaccine distribution
Baptist Resource Network churches are urged to be ready to deploy volunteers to assist with vaccine distribution.