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The Week's Top News NEWS Hendersonville church models revitalization By Liz Tablazon, BR Assistant Editor January 20 2020 Ebenezer Baptist Church in Hendersonville, N.C., averaged 70-80 people in attendance five years ago. Today there are more than 500 members. Steven Blanton, senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist, attributes the growth to “God’s favor and a willing people... read more NEWS Tennessee pastor stuck in India after judge retains passport By Diana Chandler, Baptist Press January 20 2020 There are no immediate options to bring home a U.S. pastor whose passport was confiscated in India on a customs charge, his wife told Baptist Press (BP) Jan. 17 after his fifth unsuccessful court appearance... read more IN FOCUS Conference to emphasize ‘Gospel Above All’ By Milton A. Hollifield Jr., BSC executive director-treasurer January 21 2020 There is nothing more important in life than the gospel of Jesus Christ. Everyone needs to hear the gospel, and as followers of Christ, we never outgrow our need for the gospel. The message of Jesus Christ’s death, burial and resurrection is both life-changing and life-altering... read more NEWS Greear urges churches to 'Fill the Tank' on Easter By Tess Schoonhoven, Baptist Press January 17 2020 J.D. Greear, president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), is calling SBC churches to participate in a nationwide focus on baptism this Easter Sunday, April 12. After the success of the first "Baptism Sunday" in September 2019, Greear and other SBC leadership hope to continue to focus on growing proclamations of faith through public baptism services... read more GUEST COLUMN Impeachment, the 2020 election cycle and the church By Chris Hefner, Wilkesboro Baptist Church January 17 2020 Even with the political divisions in our country, it should be our aim as pastors and evangelicals to prioritize the gospel of Jesus Christ and diminish, as much as possible, the division politics causes in the body of Christ... read more Better news, better churches In this week's newsletter I want to share a passage from an article recently published by the Alabama Baptist, written by Margaret Colson. The column is about how to tell the difference between credible journalism and "fake news." But there is a section about the role that journalism plays in community life. I think it's especially relevant to our N.C. Baptist community. "Clay Carey, assistant professor of journalism and mass communication at Samford University, told TAB News host Jennifer Davis Rash and co-host Debbie Campbell that the central purpose of trustworthy journalism is to inform people in order to facilitate a better public conversation. "'All of us are part of at least one community and sometimes many different types of communities,' Carey said. 'In those communities when we can be active participants, when we can put our ideas, our beliefs and our thoughts into the ebb-and-flow of discussion in those places, then we become active participants, and the community becomes better for our participation.'" Our team at the Biblical Recorder believes wholeheartedly that better news means better churches. We are here to serve you! Email me: [email protected] Follow me on Twitter Follow the Biblical Recorder on Twitter Seth Brown Executive Editor

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