By Aaron Earls INDIANAPOLIS — Addressing the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention, Lifeway President and CEO Ben Mandrell shared the organization’s focus on serving church leaders and answered four key questions messengers may have. Mandrell referenced leaving the pastorate five years ago to helm Lifeway and quoted from James Frost, the founding president of the organization, who … [Read more...]
Waggoner reinforces Lifeway’s commitment to its mission, reports growth of online sales
By Carol Pipes BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Lifeway Christian Resources’ commitment to the mission given to the entity by Southern Baptists in 1891 has never been stronger, acting CEO Brad Waggoner said in his report to messengers of the Southern Baptist Convention in Birmingham. Despite the challenges Lifeway has faced the past year, the entity’s core ministry … [Read more...]
Hundreds watch early screening of Kendrick Brothers’ ‘Overcomer’
By Aaron Earls BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Before “Overcomer” debuts in theaters across the country on August 23, Alex and Stephen Kendrick gave audiences at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting a sneak peek of their latest film on Tuesday (June 11). In two different screenings sponsored by Lifeway Films, the filmmaking brothers shared their heart behind the … [Read more...]
Numbers show VBS is as effective and relevant as ever, say Lifeway leaders
By Joy Allmond BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Is Vacation Bible School (VBS) worth it? This is the question church leaders around the country ask themselves every year. And it was the theme of the Lifeway Christian Resources breakfast at the 2019 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Annual Meeting in Birmingham. “It’s a lot of work,” said Jana Magruder, Lifeway Kids director. … [Read more...]
Rainer: ‘We will provide biblical resources for the world’
By Lisa Cannon Green DALLAS – Lifeway Christian Resources has begun giving away Bibles to help churches share the Word of God, Lifeway President and CEO Thom S. Rainer told messengers at the 2018 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. “One of the best investments we have ever made has no immediate financial return but an incredible eternal return,” Rainer said during … [Read more...]
