“We are in a time now in America where it’s become too easy to say the words ‘human trafficking,'” said Jaco Booyens, keynote speaker at Blanket Fort Hope’s 10th anniversary gala in Birmingham, Alabama, on Feb. 27.
“Vacation Bible School isn’t just for kids — teens and adults need to meet Jesus too,” said Patty Burns, VBS strategist for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.
“My goal with music is to lift up the good things, things like marriage, things like stopping and spending time with your wife and your kids,” Guy Penrod said.
According to a Lifeway Research study of U.S. Protestant pastors, more than 99% of churches welcome visitors in at least one of 11 ways.
Divorce can destroy the family structure, and children of divorced parents often experience higher rates of delinquency, academic failure or incarceration compared to those from intact families, beliefnet.com reported.
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for April 13, written by James R. Strange, professor of Biblical and Religious studies, Samford University in Birmingham.
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for April 13, written by Nathan Harris, Ph.D., Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, University of Mobile.
Michael Adler, dean of worship for the STS Institute in Homewood — a ministry of the Scott Dawson Evangelistic Association — said that most pastors are in a “driven mode,” and the task of the worship pastor is to support them.
