FBCA BLOG
We’re on a multi-year journey of discovery… seeking to experience and understand what it means for a group of people to truly “flourish together.” Our 2025 church theme is “Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ.” This emphasis reflects the imagery of the Psalm 1 Tree (deep roots, strong trunk, fruitful branches). We’ve established a basic definition…
Why Translation and Audio Access Matter for Heart Languages I’ve traveled to places where the gospel is alive in the air—and places where it feels like it hasn’t yet found its way into the language of the people. Time and time again, especially in West Africa, I’ve been confronted with a reality that’s easy to…
BWA’s World Congress was a stirring week, and as I continue to process everything that I encountered as I participated in this event, I continue to come back to Baptist World Alliance’s call for the global Baptist family to commit to joining in the Acts 2 Movement. One of Dr. Elijah Brown’s recurring statements at…
According to many experts, our country is experiencing a health crisis. The U.S. has lower life expectancy at birth, higher maternal and infant mortality rates, and higher hospitalization rates from preventable causes compared to other wealthy countries. Americans experience higher rates of chronic diseases like heart disease, lung disease, obesity, and diabetes at…
According to a recent Harvard Business Review article, “purpose” has become a victim of its own success. Corporations are increasingly expected – by their customers and employees – to be able to articulate their contribution to society… beyond simply “making money.” Patagonia’s “in business to save our home planet” and Tesla’s “to accelerate the world’s…
What the American Church Must Hear from the Global Body of Christ “If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.” —1 Corinthians 12:26 This summer at the Baptist World Alliance Congress in Australia, I sat shoulder to shoulder with leaders from Syria, Indonesia, Nigeria,…
Throughout history (and never more so than today) humans have embraced the mistaken idea that it’s all about them. They try to find happiness and meaning in life and fail miserably. Why? Because they start at the wrong place. They start with themselves! They ask self-centered questions like: “What makes me happy? What do I…
God is always up to something. That’s not really a secret – the Bible spells that out for us. God is up to nothing less than an all-encompassing reconciliation project (Col. 1:20), and this reconciliation project, which is cosmic in its scale, has also been put in our hands to be worked out in the…
My Uber driver Duke was turning the corner into my neighborhood. We’d spent the drive from DFW Airport talking about life and connecting over our similarly aged children. Over the course of the ride, Duke had shared about his life’s experiences with me: growing up in Afghanistan, working as journalist supporting the US backed government,…