Resurfacing from the Pandemic, Part 1
The pandemic certainly has changed the way churches do ministry. In this video, BRN Executive Director Barry Whitworth likens the experience to the early church's challenges after Jesus ascended to the Father.
April 2021 Top Five
Elizabeth Benge shares the Baptist Resource Network's Top Five resources and opportunities for April 2021.
Church members are minority in U.S. for first time, Gallup says
Church members are in the minority for the first time in at least eight decades.
Georgia vision team continues developing long-term partnerships in Pennsylvania, South Jersey
A vision team from the southwest region of Georgia made an onsite visit to Pennsylvania and South New Jersey this month to explore the missions possibilities for connecting Georgia Baptist churches to the churches of the Baptist Resource Network.
Where is your church on the lifecycle?
At every stage of a church's lifecycle, the Baptist Resource Network is here to help.
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?”
New president of state evangelism directors wants to get the church ‘out of the building’
The T-shirts say it all. “Ask me why I’m not in church” encourages people on the streets to ask just that of members of Great Commission Church of Philadelphia, thereby initiating Gospel conversations.
Send Network Equipping for Multiplication Seminar: Missional Motive
Before talking about the how of missional living, it is crucial to discuss the why. In this session we will discuss the missionary nature of the church, as one of the primary motivations for laying a foundation for the church…
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.