Listening Tops Gen Z List for Effective Evangelism

Listening Tops Gen Z List for Effective Evangelism

Gen Z sees listening without judgment as the leading criterion for effective evangelism, according to a Barna Group report published in early November. U.S. teens between ages 13 and 18 were asked to select all applicable answers from a list of 14 options in response...
What Markings Do We Bear?

What Markings Do We Bear?

In a faith tradition familiar to many, the most important thing in the world — this one and the next — is being saved. The second most important thing is getting others saved. The first priority is often cast as a simple, step-by step process of admitting one’s sinful...
Lessons from the Legend of C.B. Pierce

Lessons from the Legend of C.B. Pierce

My great-grandfather, Calvin Berry Pierce, was a strapping man who wasn’t particularly patient, so my dad told me during one of our front porch conversations many years ago. Therefore, I’m living proof that a less-than-positive trait can travel at least four...
Jitsuo Morikawa: Father of Baptist Environmentalism

Jitsuo Morikawa: Father of Baptist Environmentalism

The stories of Asian Americans have, unfortunately, been neglected or outright ignored in Baptist histories. This is regrettable, especially so in the case of one extremely notable Asian American leader, Jitsuo Morikawa, once dubbed by Tony Campolo as “the most...
Sharing Your Faith When Words Escape You

Sharing Your Faith When Words Escape You

The Way of Mission is a fresh approach to sharing your faith. Grace, mission, hope and choice. Four points, four phrases, four Bible references, simple enough to tick off on the fingers of one hand with a thumb to spare. I’ve been pondering The Way of Mission in my...