EDITOR’S NOTE: Do you have a Revival, Homecoming, a new pastor, a community outreach or a concert? The Baptist Message would love to share your church news with the rest of the state. It is very easy to do, just send in your information (who, what, where and when) to philip@baptistmessage.com or call 318.449.4345. To get your event in the paper, please submit your information three weeks prior to the event. ON THE MOVE Marlene Williams is the new communications minister at Fair Park Baptist Church, West Monroe. Josh, wife Carrie, Cagle is the new pastor at Oak Hill Baptist Church, Plain Dealing. Lance, wife Debbie, Rolland is the new pastor at Westwood Baptist Church, Keithville. He comes from Summer Grove Baptist Church. Adam Hughes is the new pastor of Red Bluff Baptist Church, Folsom. Mark Long is the new pastor of Bogue Falaya Baptist Church, Folsom. Robert Fontenot is the new minister to students at Jerusalem Baptist Church, Hammond. Devan and Tiffany Rodriguez are the new youth directors at Loranger Baptist Church, Loranger. John Rushing is the interim pastor at Sardis Baptist Church, Farmerville. HOMECOMING Trinity Baptist Church, Hammond: 65th Homecoming Celebration, October 13-14, on … [Read more...]
Students urged to take Bibles to school Oct. 4
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (BP) -- The freedom to distribute Bibles in schools and discuss Scripture openly with fellow students is being celebrated nationwide Oct. 4 at the fifth annual Bring Your Bible to School Day. The Focus on the Family (FOTF) event founded in 2014 is on track for its largest participation to date, founder Candi Cushman told Baptist Press today (Oct. 2). "We'll definitely exceed half a million participants, but it's hard to measure and predict exact numbers because lots of kids wait until the last moment to sign up and join the movement," said Cushman, FOTF director of education issues. "In addition to public school students in every state in the nation, we also have involvement from many kids in private schools and homeschooling communities who choose to do special events or distribute Bibles in their communities as a way of showing support. We welcome all of them." Nearly half a million participated in 2017, up from 8,000 in the event's first year, FOTF said of the event open to kindergarteners through college students, with downloadable free resources for churches, pastors, parents and students at BringYourBible.org. FOTF President Jim Daly said many students appreciate Scripture but are afraid … [Read more...]
Faith holds America together
By James Dobson In our secular age the battle rages not only over the question of religion in our public life. The very concept of faith is under attack. Cynicism and unbelief mock faith and the sacrifices it brings forth. Yet no nation can long survive if it does not have among its people a deep reservoir of faith in all its forms. This is especially true for democracies where the will of the people prevails. In a purely secular sense, faith that things will get better (if not now, then later, and if not for you then for your children) is what motivates millions of people to make countless sacrifices. Faith is the force behind the worker who holds down two jobs so that a son or daughter can be the first in the family to go on to college. It is faith in the notion that hard work and right behavior will be rewarded (in the next life, if not always in this one) that causes us to continue to strive and toil. Religious faith permits a nation to overcome adversity and to deal with the exigencies of life that cause both individuals and countries to suffer. Faith teaches that life is more than a mad rush for wealth, that sacrifice matters, that some of the most important things men do often cannot be completed in one … [Read more...]
