SBC’s Abuse Prevention Office Launches Revamped Helpline, One of Four Things to Know This Week, August 21, 2025

A Word to the Wise: 12 Ways a Local Church Can Help a Missionary (Chuck Lawless)
 

1. Actually pray for them. 
2. Plan your trips with their input. 
3. Make a long-term commitment to work with them. 
4. Ask them what you can bring them.
5. Talk with them before you make commitments to national believers. 
6. Pray for the people they’re trying to reach. 
7. Actually read and respond to their newsletter and emails. 
8. Take seriously their requests about not posting or forwarding materials. 
9. Talk with them regularly. 
10. Provide housing and an automobile while they’re in the States. 
11. Give sacrificially to missions offerings. 
12. Pray for them some more. 

Chuck Lawless, 8.13.25, https://chucklawless.com/2025/08/8481/
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Here are Four Things to Know this Week:
 

1. Most Churchgoers Aren’t Known by Their Pastor: Don’t Think It Doesn’t Matter (Karl Vaters)
2. Nearly Half of U. S. Christians Don’t Attend Church, State of the Bible Finds  (Baptist Press)
3. ERLC Trustees Name Presidential Search Team (Baptist Press)
4. SBC’s Abuse Prevention Office Launches Revamped Helpline (Baptist Press)

 
Thank you for reading. Please share it with pastors and other AMSs you believe would benefit.
 
To the praise of His glory,
 
Ray
 
P. S. I also host the “SBCAL Podcast with Ray Gentry” where ever you get your podcasts.