IMB President Paul Chitwood was guest speaker at the 10th annual Missionary Appreciation Banquet on Nov. 21, sponsored by the Birmingham Metro Baptist Association and conducted at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Mountain Brook.
Check out a list of meetings set to coincide with this fall’s upcoming state convention.
David Eldridge, pastor of Dawson Memorial Baptist Church in Birmingham, said the essential thing for pastors is the “care of the soul.”
Many pastors are overwhelmed with the tasks of ministry, and one tool of Satan is discouragement and depression during what he called “seasons of darkness,” said Mark Clifton.
Church leaders must build bridges of relationship with Generation Alpha, said Jana Magruder, strategic initiatives director of LifeWay NextGen. She was keynote speaker at a “Reaching and Teaching the Next Generation” event.
Churches must give attention to at least three key areas of financial life in the months ahead, noted Lee Wright, church compensation specialist for the
Generation Z has grown up very differently than other generations, but God’s calling to this age group hasn’t changed. Samford University in Birmingham recently hosted the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions Called conference.
Lee Wright said retirement has been different than he expected, and ministers contemplating it should know that it’s more than “quitting work.”
