By Marissa Postell Sullivan BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Each summer, kids, students and leaders at Lifeway’s summer camps are invited to give to support Southern Baptist missionaries, and this year, campers gave the highest missions offering since 2017. Joe Walker, interim president and CEO of Lifeway Christian Resources, presented checks totaling $697,891.19 to International … [Read more...]
Lifeway commits to walk alongside churches in making disciples
By Aaron Earls DALLAS — Recognizing the important connection between discipleship and the local church, Lifeway Christian Resources President and CEO Ben Mandrell pledged to assist congregations in their calling to fulfill the Great Commission. “Intentional, relational discipleship was the genius of Jesus’s strategy then and now,” he said. Mandrell told more than 10,000 … [Read more...]
‘A Unity of Purpose’ celebrates Southern Baptists’ Great Commission cooperation
Q&A with Tony Wolfe, co-editor of “A Unity of Purpose” By Jill Waggoner BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — In 2023, the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee assembled a small team to help prepare for the centennial anniversary of the Cooperative Program in 2025. Tony Wolfe, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, was part of that team and … [Read more...]
SBC Messengers encouraged to visit the 12,000-square-foot Lifeway Village
By Carol Pipes BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — One of the most effective ways Lifeway Christian Resources serves the local church is by empowering church leaders with relevant resources that catalyze health, growth and impact. That’s the message the organization hopes messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention in June will take away from their visit to The Lifeway Village in the … [Read more...]
Southern Baptists’ membership decline continues amid other areas of growth
By Aaron Earls BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — In 2024, the Southern Baptist Convention baptized more new members than in any of the previous seven years but still saw an 18th consecutive year of overall membership decline. The 12,722,266 members of Southern Baptist congregations mark a 2% decline from 2023, according to the Annual Church Profile (ACP) compiled by Lifeway Research in … [Read more...]
