BRN awards five churches with Accelerator Awards at Accelerate Conference

During the 2024 Accelerate Conference, the BRN presented Accelerator Awards to five churches who were recognized for their efforts of accelerating Kingdom movement.

October 17, 2024
Macala Mays

HARRISBURG (BRN) – During the 2024 Accelerate Conference, five churches were awarded Accelerator Awards. The Baptist Resource Network (BRN) of Pennsylvania/South Jersey presents these awards to churches and church plants who go above and beyond to accelerate Kingdom movement in their specific context and communities. See who won this year below!

#LovePASJ Accelerator Award: East Shore Baptist Church in Harrisburg, Pa.
Bold Church Accelerator Award: First Baptist Church of Clarion in Clarion, Pa.
Bold Baptisms Accelerator Award: New Creature Baptist Church, Philadelphia
Bold Church Planting Accelerator Awards: Ken Sachs, God’s Field Church, Ambridge, Pa. and Chris Cope, Keystone North Church, North Wales, Pa.

Congratulations to all of our Accelerator Award winners!

Macala Mays

In 2022, Macala Mays stepped into her current role as Associate Editor of BRN United and Podcast Producer for the Baptist Resource Network of Pennsylvania/South Jersey (BRN). Before taking this position, she worked as a contracted Podcast Producer in 2021 and a freelance writer in 2020 for the BRN. During her time with the BRN, Macala Mays has produced three different podcast series, including 50 Stories of Transformation (2021-2022), The #LovePASJ Podcast (2022), and Celebrating Cooperative Missions (2023). She also has written over 60 articles for the BRN and has been nationally published by The Baptist Paper and Baptist Press. She is also a member of the Baptist Communicators Association (BCA). Prior to working with the BRN, Macala interned at the State Capitol of Tennessee in the Publications Division under the office of Secretary of State. She also remotely wrote news for TalkErie, a radio station in Erie, Pa., and previously worked as a News Director/Producer for WJET-TV in Erie, Pa. Macala Mays holds a master of arts in communications from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (EUP) as well as a bachelor of arts in journalism/public relations from EUP. During her graduate years, Macala worked as a Graduate Assistant and helped manage the on-campus radio station. She also served as a managing editor for the university’s newspaper, which led to an interest in music journalism. Macala and her husband, Robbie, live in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, where they attend Big Woods Bible Church and Robbie serves as the Associate Pastor of Campus Ministry. Both Robbie and Macala find great joy in discipling and walking alongside college students at Lock Haven University.