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AI and Ministry: Possibilities and Pitfalls: The exponential growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and related technolo...
21/08/2025

AI and Ministry: Possibilities and Pitfalls: The exponential growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies has been riding a tsunamic wave of sustained news coverage.

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In a world driven by social media, likes, and constant feedback, the desire for praise and affirmation from others can b...
21/08/2025

In a world driven by social media, likes, and constant feedback, the desire for praise and affirmation from others can be hard to resist.

However, as followers of Christ, we are called to live for the approval of God, not the applause of people.

Are we more concerned with what people think or with what God thinks?

—“Living for an Audience of One” by Brian Cederquist, Summer 2025 Baptist Bulletin

Does the US Constitution grant religious liberty to American citizens? The answer is a resounding no! The American found...
18/08/2025

Does the US Constitution grant religious liberty to American citizens? The answer is a resounding no!

The American founders who drafted the constitution in 1787 (it was ratified by the states in 1788) understood that religious liberty comes from God and not the state. This is the teaching of the Bible. This is also explicitly stated in the constitution’s preamble, which says a purpose of the constitution is to “secure [not grant!] the blessings of liberty.”

If religious liberty is a blessing, the American church should do all that it can to protect and preserve this blessing for others.

—“The Source of Religious Liberty” by Jay Lucas, Summer 2025 Baptist Bulletin

Cultural awareness reached a turning point with the public release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in 2022. Google, Meta, Microsoft,...
14/08/2025

Cultural awareness reached a turning point with the public release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in 2022. Google, Meta, Microsoft, and DeepSeek have unveiled similar AI-powered assistants. Ethical reflection upon the proper and improper uses of AI has not kept pace.

With great technological power comes great moral responsibility.

—"AI and Ministry: Possibilities and Pitfalls” by Paul Hartog, Summer 2025 Baptist Bulletin

“We’re looking for a few good men.” With this phrase the U.S. Marines recruited men of courage, endurance, and mental to...
11/08/2025

“We’re looking for a few good men.” With this phrase the U.S. Marines recruited men of courage, endurance, and mental toughness. Their role: to get jobs done no one else could do.

They were given a commission and they accomplished it.

In Matthew 28:19 and 20 the church is commissioned to make disciples of all nations. We as churches are called to preach the gospel and teach those who believe how to follow Christ. Since God includes deacons as part of a healthy church, they are vital to the church’s effectiveness to fulfill this commission.

—“The Ministry of Deacons” by Will Hatfield, Summer 2025 Baptist Bulletin

As you think about your life and ministry, I want to ask you, When’s the last time you really looked up? Is it your firs...
07/08/2025

As you think about your life and ministry, I want to ask you, When’s the last time you really looked up? Is it your first instinct, or is it—like me, especially when I was younger—more of a last resort?

God wants us to look up—away from the circumstances that surround us, away from ourselves and our inner struggles, our doubts, and our fears.

Look up to Jesus, because when we see Jesus, it changes everything.

—“Look Up” by Clare Jewell, Summer 2025 Baptist Bulletin

In this image, Clare Jewell, GARBC national representative, speaks at the 2025 GARBC Conference.

Warm greetings met attendees as they crossed the threshold for the 2025 GARBC Conference.New faces served to remind that...
04/08/2025

Warm greetings met attendees as they crossed the threshold for the 2025 GARBC Conference.

New faces served to remind that God was still at work in our fellowship, across regions, cultures, and ethnic groups.

As conference materials were collected and children steered to their programs, weary servants readied their hearts for four days of challenge and encouragement, needing to be reminded that “Jesus Over Everything” places every problem within His reach.

—“Jesus Over Everything” by Greg Linscott, Summer 2025 Baptist Bulletin

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In this image, Clare Jewell, GARBC national representative, speaks at the 2025 GARBC Conference.

One of the greatest challenges yet one of the most important tasks of pastoral ministry is to help people actually see t...
02/05/2025

One of the greatest challenges yet one of the most important tasks of pastoral ministry is to help people actually see the connections between the gospel and the thinking and behavior that make up their everyday lives.

We know well the centrality of the gospel message, but in order for it to have a functional centrality, it must be clearly and carefully and consistently. It must be connected to the real issues, issues of thought and conduct of people’s lives. This kind of ministry is most greatly needed.

— “The Functional Centrality of the Gospel” by Mike Bullmore, Spring 2025 Baptist Bulletin

(In photo: Mike Bullmore speaks at the 2024 GARBC Conference.)

My grandma opens her pink cardboard box as she sits next to me on the couch, the soft glow of a lamp illuminating the ro...
29/04/2025

My grandma opens her pink cardboard box as she sits next to me on the couch, the soft glow of a lamp illuminating the room. One by one, she pulls out moments from her past frozen in time by Polaroid and other vintage cameras.

My own mind also holds a photo book of elderly saints. They’re from my churches, and those snapshots—captured not by camera but by my heart—remind me of their faith and love, inspiring me to consider what traits I want to characterize my life.

— “Polaroids to Pixels” by Crissa Esse, Spring 2025 Baptist Bulletin

A decade ago (years before Frozen 2) my husband and I faced a life-altering situation that left us utterly rocked. I was...
22/04/2025

A decade ago (years before Frozen 2) my husband and I faced a life-altering situation that left us utterly rocked.

I was the mama of four children ranging in age from five to eleven. My world was turned upside down, and I felt like the mountains were being carried into the sea (Ps. 46:2).

With an uncharted, uncertain path ahead, my husband set a motto for us to follow: we would simply do the next right thing.

Regardless of the situation at hand, we’d ask ourselves, “What’s the right thing to do?” or “What would God want here?” and then the matter was settled.

The Christian life is a series of taking steps in the right direction.

— “The Next Right Thing” by Rebecca Brock, Spring 2025 Baptist Bulletin

I’ll never forget a certain saying. Not because I heard it on a single, memorable occasion, but because I heard it often...
17/04/2025

I’ll never forget a certain saying. Not because I heard it on a single, memorable occasion, but because I heard it often, and I heard it casually—off the cuff. The saying goes, “People hate two things: change and surprises.”

At the time, I was a young associate pastor in my first ministry, and the person who said that is the person who taught me most about change in local churches: an eighty-year-old guy named Ray.

Ray has since moved on to Heaven, and I moved on to a lead pastor position; but I continue to implement Ray’s principles of change in my congregation.

The natural course of life creates cultural change, and we can do nothing about it! Change will happen. The question is, Can we adapt to it when it happens?

— “Leading Effectively through Change” by Mike Augsburger, Spring 2025 Baptist Bulletin, an excerpt from The Pastor: A Guide for God’s Faithful Servant https://www.rbpstore.org/Products/Default.aspx?bookid=5226

Did you know that churches are responsible for caring for their pastors?In his first letter to his protégé, Timothy, Pau...
15/04/2025

Did you know that churches are responsible for caring for their pastors?

In his first letter to his protégé, Timothy, Paul addresses church life in theological and practical terms. One of those church-life lessons, in 1 Timothy 5:17–6:2, may be summarized, “Churches must keep an eye on their pastors.”

This principle could be misunderstood as “We need to put pastors under a microscope and pick them apart at every opportunity” or “A pastor and his family should live in a fishbowl, constantly observed and expected to be perfect in every way.”

These are not the intent of this passage. Rather, churches should care for their pastors. Doing so is essential for church health.

— “Keep an Eye on the Pastor” by Bill Abernathy, Spring 2025 Baptist Bulletin

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