by Stephen Suffron | Aug 2, 2016 | Education, Ministry, Op-Ed
Choosing an educational path for your children is one of the most important choices we make as parents. I think most Christian parents of young children are confronted with the dilemma of what is best for their kids and their family: Should we homeschool? Should we...
by Stephen Suffron | Jul 19, 2016 | Ministry, Missions
I’ve been going on mission trips for a couple of decades now, and one repeated chorus is that the key word for missions is “flexibility.” Well, here I am writing this blog post from Huslia, Alaska on a borrowed computer. We were supposed to be...
by Stephen Suffron | Jul 5, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry, Theology
Early in my time here in Stephens, I was talking to a member who was trying to be active in sharing his faith, but he was frustrated. “Everyone here is saved, you know,” he said. Then he cracked a wry smile, “But no one goes to church!” It has...
by Stephen Suffron | Jun 21, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry
Messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention approved a resolution last week in St. Louis to call for Christians to no longer display the Confederate battle flag. Here is the actual text of the resolution: RESOLVED, That we call our brothers and sisters in Christ to...
by Stephen Suffron | Jun 7, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry, Missions
Some time around the last Sunday of my second grade year, I went to church, excited about the start of summer, when I read a poster propped up in the foyer of our church announcing “Vacation Bible School.” I was too young to know the term...
