CP’s ‘Long-term’ Stability Considered as State Conventions Rethink SBC Allocations – One of Four Things to Know This Week, Dec. 12, 2024

​A Word to the Wise: 
 
Main Motivations for Attending a Small Group
The following is a list of reasons why a person may participate in a small group. 
Reflecting on your own experience, would you say any of these are true of you? 
Top 3 answers for “very true” are shown.
I wanted to learn more about Christ? 75%
I wanted to learn more about scripture. 71%
I wanted to develop deeper expressions of my faith. 69%
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Barna Discipleship in Community Report, 12.9.24 Highlights

Here are Four Things to Know this Week:

1. CPs ‘Long-term Stability’ Considered as State Conventions Rethink SBC Allocations (David Roach, Baptist Press)
2. Why I Started Studying Spiritual Warfare, and How My Story Might Help You as a Church Leader (Chuck Lawless, Church Answers)
3. First-Person: I’m Asking (Paul Chitwood, IMB President, Baptist Press) ​
4. Praying for Missionaries with Confidence (Scott Hildreth, Lifeway Research)

 
 
To the praise of His glory,
 
Ray