Latest news: Retiring leaders reflect on ministry changes; freedom to go to church under fire in Maine; what church communications directors should know

To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports and other articles from The Baptist Paper this week, see below.

​1. It’s a changing of the guard as three associational missionary strategists with 60 years of combined experience are retiring. They discuss what’s next for church ministry.

2. A violation of First Amendment rights? Mom fights to take daughter to church.

3. What every church communications director should know.

EDITOR’S NOTE — These stories were compiled by The Baptist Paper.