Meet Our Ministers in Residence
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Is your church urban, suburban, or rural? Do you have 50 active members, or 1,500? Are you struggling financially, or are you experiencing financial growth? Are there certain ministries in your church that you’d like to start or strengthen?
When you’re a BGAV church, there are many, many resources available to you! Our Ministers in Residence, for example, can offer help and advice for your church in their areas of expertise. Currently there are nine Ministers in Residence, each specializing in a different area of church ministry:
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Pastors and Leaders Celebrate at Latino Network Gathering
by Habacuc Diaz Lopez
On May 3 and 4, more than 80 Latino pastors and leaders met at Mappsville Baptist Church to celebrate their XVI Annual Latino Network Gathering.
Sergio Valerga, national director of e625USA, the keynote speaker, led four different breakout sessions on the important issue of how to develop a generational leadership strategy among our Latino churches.
Pastor Eulogio Vasquez gave us a warm welcome, and the ladies provided us with delicious Guatemalan and Mexican dishes. We also enjoyed a time of praise and prayer, led by Mappsville’s Praise Band.
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Building Church Diversity
via V3 Church Planting Movement
Building diverse spaces that span ethnicity, gender, age, and sexuality requires intentional design. In a
previous post
I discussed the importance for churches to embody diversity. It reflects unity in diversity demonstrated first in the Trinity.
Yet in practice our churches are some of the most segregated spaces in the country. This is also a product of intentional design which makes the work towards diversity all the more difficult.
But there’s hope if you want to put in the work.
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Partnering with Croatian Baptists in Ministry with Refugees in Bosnia
by Will Cumbia, BGAV venturer
After taking a wrong turn on the highway, we changed course and decided to go to Bosnia. That’s what happens in this part of the world: you can take a wrong turn and casually decide to go to a different country.
I was driving with Elvis, the Program Development Advisor for Croatian Baptist Aid. We had intended to visit a refugee center outside of Zagreb, Croatia, but we were now headed towards a refugee camp in a small town just across the border in Bosnia.
We left the nice Croatian toll road and started to wind our way through the hilly countryside towards Bosnia. Croatia is shaped like a big crooked “C” and we were driving toward the bit of Bosnia that was tucked into the inner part of the “C.” We weaved through small villages where there were few signs of life.
Suddenly we came to the border.
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Church Resources for June
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If you need additional resources or another format, please email
Jennifer Law
, marketing associate.
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Ministry Equipping Network Courses Start Soon!
Courses throughout May and June
The BGAV Ministry Equipping Network is designed for pastors, ministers, and lay leaders to have access to single courses in a specific ministry area, or to be able to complete a comprehensive program that results in a Ministry Certification or Certificate. The Ministry Equipping Network provides interactive, online courses to give participants the benefit of logging in from their locations while interacting with the instructor and fellow participants.
Courses are available in Children’s Ministry, Youth Ministry, Family Ministry, and Church Finance.
View upcoming courses in the following areas:
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Churches and ministries are posting new jobs to our ministry jobs board every week. Below are some of the most recent postings:
- Youth and Children’s Minister @ Rosemary Baptist Church, Roanoke Rapids, NC
- Pastor @ Fellowship Baptist Church, Chester, VA
- Senior Pastor @ Harrisonburg Baptist Church, Harrisonburg, VA
- PT Associate Pastor of Outreach & Discipleship @ Vinton Baptist Church, Vinton, VA
- PT Facilities Coordinator @ May Memorial Baptist Church, Powhatan, VA
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Heavenly Father, Your light is the only light I need as I travel through life's mystery. Your word the only voice I hear, that still small voice that leads me to the place where I should be. Your presence is the only company I need as I walk this narrow road. Your fellowship the warmth I crave, to help me on my way. Amen.
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Stay Engaged with the BGAV!
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