BRN welcomes Pastor Benjamin Elk of South Jersey Baptist Church International
Please join us in welcoming Benjamin Elk, the newly appointed interim pastor at South Jersey Baptist Church International in Pitman, NJ, to the Baptist Resource Network.
The Road to Nashville – Episode 1
The 2021 Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention will be hosted in Nashville, Tennessee on June 13-16, 2021. This is episode 1 in a series outlining what to expect.
Religious liberty, sanctity of life top ERLC 2021 agenda
Whether issues are currently popular or unpopular, we have the opportunity to bear witness, to seek to persuade, and to build the consensus needed to make change.
Pandemic challenges become BRN opportunities
Although the pandemic has presented society with many challenges, it has also simultaneously opened up doors of opportunity for BRN churches.
50 STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: More than a tree removal team
Disasters happen spontaneously and are very seldom planned, Kenton Hunt, state disaster relief director for the Baptist Resource Network (BRN) of Pennsylvania/South Jersey quipped as he thought about how to describe the incredible work accomplished through disaster relief ministry. “When disasters happen, we’re an organization – Southern Baptist Disaster Relief – that is there at the beginning. A disaster happens today, we’re going to try and be there tomorrow. You don’t necessarily go into a response knowing all the details, so that involves walking by faith.”
BRN Executive Director Barry Whitworth gives update on ’10/5 Challenge’
Baptist Resource Network Executive Director Barry Whitworth gives update on the "10/5 Challenge," which urges 50 BRN churches to become involved in five areas--compassion ministry, church planting, church revitalization, collegiate ministry, and international missions.
World Watch List 2021: Extremists, governments leverage COVID-19 limitations to ramp religious persecution
Persecutors are leveraging COVID-19 to withhold food and other aid from Christians and religious minorities, to force conversions and to justify increased surveillance and censorship.
More than 3 million Uyghurs detained in forced labor camps in China
Anybody who vowed never again after World War II should take action with their conscience and prayer to advocate on behalf of the Uyghur people.
50 STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: Healthy outreach, amidst a pandemic
Today's frontlines are dotted with health care professions, working amidst an unpredictable virus and global pandemic. In Cherry Hill, New Jersey, many of these frontline, medical heroes belong to the Church of the Good Shepherd, a church led by Pastor Darius Nable and affiliated with the Baptist Resource Network of Pennsylvania/South Jersey.
Celebrate the sanctity of life through service, says BRN’s Barry Whitworth
Barry Whitworth, executive director of the Baptist Resource Network, points to two important days coming up next week: Sanctity of Life Sunday and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He urges BRN churches to celebrate the value of all life on both of these days, celebrating that all of humanity is created in God's image and for His glory.