Apr
24
2017
By Clint and Carol Smith
The 2017 annual retreat for the Arizona Volunteer Missions was held Feb. 6-7 at First Pima Baptist Church, Sacaton. Each year a different location for the retreat is selected and this was the year God...
Apr
24
2017
By Elizabeth Young
The Arizona Baptist Historical Society presented awards and heard reports on the history of Hispanic work in the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention and the history of Central Association of Southern Baptists at their 29th annual meeting. The...
Apr
24
2017
By Jean Bihn
The North American Mission Board recently added Send Relief to its cadre of ministries focused on engaging churches and church planting. As in the Old and New Testaments, Send Relief calls for believers to seek out individuals...
Apr
24
2017
By Sarah Kenney
Shower, mud out, chainsaw, feeding and driver may seem like distantly related words, but these were all names of classes offered at the Arizona Southern Baptist Disaster Relief training. Every other year, a large disaster relief training...
Apr
24
2017
By Tobin Perry
The goal of this year's Crossover is to "Engage Phoenix with the gospel" through a partnership with Harvest America.
North American Mission Board and Arizona Southern Baptist Convention leaders are praying for more than 5,000 salvation decisions through...
Apr
24
2017
By Irene A. Harkleroad
If children who attend VBS have half the fun and learn half as much as the trainees did during the state's two equipping events, VBS will be a resounding success.
On April 1, more than 100 men,...
Apr
24
2017
By Elizabeth Young
Keith Durham, pastor of First Baptist Church, Arizona City, joined the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention staff in a newly created, part-time position as church revitalization specialist, effective May 1.
"In the past three years, we have lost almost...