by Walter Norvell | Oct 20, 2016 | Ministry, Scripture
If you just attended a great small group Bible study, how would you describe it? What made it great? What would you tell others about it and why? What do you think identifies a great small group Bible study? The Good Book Company just released a short video that...
by Stephen Suffron | Sep 27, 2016 | Ministry
One of the most intimidating things for a pastor who takes a position in a small-town setting is that you seem to be the only stranger in town. Everyone else knows everyone else, and you soon find out that they’re probably related, too. When we moved to...
by Stephen Suffron | Aug 30, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry
It’s been a little more than six years ago now that I was first contacted by the First Baptist Church in a little Arkansas town called Stephens. We had a common interest: they needed a pastor and God had called me to be one. Other than that, it wasn’t...
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 B. H. Carroll Theological Seminary | Jun 3, 2016 | News & Events
PhD and DMin students gathered on May 23-25 for an “in-house” colloquy at the Carroll Center. Thanks to the generous gifts from the Frank & Pauline Patterson Endowed Colloquy Fund, students had the opportunity to participate in worship, fellowship, and workshops...
