By Aaron Earls Aaron Earls is a writer for LifeWay Christian Resources. BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Southern Baptist churches saw sustained growth in attendance and baptisms, but the two-decade membership decline continued in 2025. Total Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) membership fell by more than 3 percent from 2024 to 2025, dipping to 12,331,954, according to the Annual Church Profile (ACP) compiled by Lifeway … Read More
MSBW Mission Trip 2026
Date: April 8-14, 2026, Springfield, Missouri Missouri WMU Missions Celebration Mission activities with two Ministry Sites in the area: Travelers are responsible for their travel arrangements/costs to and from Springfield. Some people are planning to drive from Billings. If you want to ride with them, contact Mandi McCraw at 662-213-2369 or mandim8379@yahoo.com. We will coordinate schedules with our team members. Trip Cost Includes: – Lodging/Hotel in … Read More
Goodwater Church
Online www.goodwaterchurch.com Contact csparkman@goodwaterministries.com 406-871-7891 Address Whitefish Performing Arts Center27 Spokane AvenueWhitefish, MT 59937
The Cooperative Program & North American Missions
By Kevin Ezell, published in Momentum, the official digital magazine of the Colorado Baptists The first church I pastored called me while I was a student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Hilltop Baptist Church in Fort Worth voted me in 7-0, a church many would consider insignificant due to its size. Yet, because the members of that church gave faithfully … Read More
Church Planting in Whitefish: The Sparkman Family
The Sparkman family has moved from Texas to Whitefish, Montana in hopes of planting a new church there. Tell us about your family. My wife, Michele, and I have been married for 21 years and have four kids ages 16, 13, 11, and 7 (two boys and two girls). We love to be outside adventuring whether that is ultra trail … Read More
Helping Hands: Virginia church spent one week helping, loving Glendive
A group of 24 members from Ridgeview Church in Boones Mill, Va. spent one week in Glendive helping with different projects at Church in the Heights and around the community while also taking time to experience what life is like in eastern Montana.
Goodwater Church – Sparkman and Palmer Families
About the Sparkman Family Curt Sparkman serves as Church Planter and Lead Pastor of Goodwater Church. He has a passion for knowing God and making Him known. Curt is a faithful and steadfast leader who has served in vocational ministry for over seventeen years. As an executive level pastor and leader, Curt is intent on helping others understand what it … Read More
New overtime rules for salaried employees may impact churches
JUNE 17, 2024 BY MICHAEL WHITEHEAD Originally published by the Missouri Baptist Convention in the June 25, 2024 edition of The Pathway. WASHINGTON – The US Department of Labor has adopted a new rule effective July 1, 2024, that increases the salary thresholds required to exempt a salaried executive, administrative or professional employee from federal overtime pay requirements. Pastors and some ministers may … Read More
Explore Church Travels to Brazil – Day 13
Explore Church in Missoula recently went on a mission trip to Brazil. Follow them on their journey as we post journal entries written by a member of their team. You can find previous entries at www.mtsbc.org. Day 13 You have to wake up early in the Amazon to sneak up on a peacock bass. Earlier than we woke up apparently. Our … Read More
Explore Church Travels to Brazil – Day 12, Part 2
Explore Church in Missoula recently went on a mission trip to Brazil. Follow them on their journey as we post journal entries written by a member of their team. You can find previous entries at www.mtsbc.org. Day 12, Part 2 Clapping is knocking, knocking is clapping, in a world with no doors. It was a surprising revelation but a sensible one, … Read More