Remembering 2010

Chattanooga’s Market Street Bridge over the Tennessee RiverBy John Pierce In some ways, it was a challenging year professionally. But 2010 ended with deep gratitude for those with whom and for whom I work — and with excitement about some grand new...

School days at BBSB

Travelblog 2: Belize The Baptist Bible School of Belize meets for three weeks each year, one week in January, another in May, and another in August. Students attend classes at the Baptist Training Center on the assigned weeks, then work through a programmed textbook...

Five Trends That Will Affect Churches

Forty years ago, Alvin and Heidi Toffler wrote “Future Shock,” a groundbreaking book about what we could expect in the future. It was a challenging and, in many ways, accurate forecast. Some of its projections are still coming to pass. Toffler Associates...

Believers in Belize

TRAVELBLOG 1 By Tony W. Cartledge I’m teaching this week at the Baptist Bible School of Belize, which meets three weeks each year at the Baptist Training Center of Belize in the tiny village of Camalote, near the capital city of Belmopan.  The school grew...

Seven New Year’s Resolutions for Ministers

Resolve to better supervise others. It is part of a minister’s work. In many ministry settings, this involves keeping up with a couple of part-time employees. While this surely involves keeping up with their performance, it also means keeping up with them: their...