Executive Editor’s Note: This is the first article for a new column that will seek to encourage engagement with all pastors but is written from the perspective of a young pastor who is in the trenches doing ministry. Derrick is the pastor of Denver Street Baptist Church in Greenwood, and he would love to hear from you about what he writes. As you will notice in the articles, he is even offering you an incentive to start engaging with him.
Way back in April 2023, I wrote an ...
In the past three columns, I have been writing to earn your trust to address pressing issues that deserve our attention. While I enjoy discussing practical and motivational topics, a young perspective is most valuable when applied to the day’s issues instead of truisms.
The BMA of Arkansas will meet for its 74th annual session in a few days. The BMA of Arkansas owns the Baptist Trumpet, Central Baptist College in Conway, BMA of Arkansas Missions and BMA of Arkansas Youth ...
Before I surrendered to the ministry in 2018, I worked with an incredibly talented team of data analysts, computer programmers, electricians and HVAC/R technicians. Among our team, those who needed to touch equipment were scattered in their various districts and regions across the entire United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Facilitating a culture that identified us as a “team” was a feat in and of itself. We not only had to wrestle with the large geographic detachment but also the ...
Everyone experiences mornings where it takes intentionality to get up and going. There’s a need for a little extra motivation. For about three or four days a month, I quote Prov. 6:6-8 to myself. As I sit in the mornings lingering with a cooling cup of coffee, I say, “Go to the ant, thou sluggard…” Even on days when there’s no real struggle to get moving, when I awake alert, and am excited about getting my exercise time in before a shower, I have to remind myself to “consider” the ...
Is watching a 59-year-old turn 60 or a 9-year-old turn 10 more exciting? While my hitchhiking, dumpster-diving and hoot of a grandmother is probably the exception to this generality, most people would agree that the jump from 9 years old to 10 is more exciting. The Bible compares our spiritual growth to the physical growth we see in our bodies on several occasions. The author of Hebrews exhorts us to grow up so that we might understand more (Heb. 5:11-6:3). John was fond in his letter ...