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In its storied history, the Arkansas Baptist News has existed as a newspaper, a news magazine, and a digital publication. Now, the ABN serves Arkansas Baptists with its robust online presence and digital news magazine. Covering the news that matters for 120 years, the ABN is proud to be the premier news source for Arkansas Baptists.
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Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief (ABDR) is gearing up to deploy to Morgan City, Louisiana, to aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Francine. The hurricane slammed into the Louisiana coast Wednesday evening as a dangerous Category 2 storm, knocking out electricity to hundreds of thousands of people and threatening widespread flooding as it sent a storm surge ..read more
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Unraveling a tale from the spreadsheets to the pews Have you ever considered what it feels like to be on the receiving end of your financial reports? Is the information so overwhelming that your church members could compare it to drinking from a fire hydrant? Or do they yearn for more details to inform the ..read more
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WHITE HALL, Ark. – “Let the celebration begin.” Those are the words Bob Bailey, the former worship leader for First Baptist Church (FBC) in White Hall, used to kick off the church’s centennial celebration service on Sunday, Sept. 8. Bailey, who served as worship leader from 2012 to 2024, returned to White Hall as the guest ..read more
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Parkway Place Church returned to their worship center on Aug. 25. (Screenshot) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Parkway Place Church on Sunday, Aug. 25., celebrated the return to their worship center 17 months after severe weather caused major damage to their facility. On March 29, 2023, a tornado, categorized as an EF-3 by the National ..read more
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Students worship during Teen College. (Submitted) MARMADUKE, Ark. – Seeds were planted during Marmaduke First Baptist Church’s Teen College, a teen revival held every year at the end of August. Teen College bridges the gap between summer camps and school, Church Worship and Associate Pastor Cole Thomas said. It started approximately 50 years ago as ..read more
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Photo by Cassidy Higgins LITTLE ROCK –Arkansas Baptists gathered at The Summit Church in Little Rock on August 26 and 27 for the 11th Annual Statewide Prayer Gathering: Praying for His Presence. The facilitator of the two-day gathering was Bill Elliff, founding and national engage pastor of The Summit Church in Little Rock. He also serves on ..read more
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By James Barham, LPC, LMFT, Director of Healthy Family Initiatives with ABCFM and marriage therapist with ABCFM counseling provider, Living Well Professional Counseling. In November 2022, my wife and I went to see a marriage counselor. Years of parenting, ministry, and busy schedules had finally caught up with us. We needed help. The road back ..read more
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A camp called Siloam is a place where God and people meet and experience salvation, discipleship, and a call to serve Jesus Christ! Camp Siloam is a place in which God saved 599 people and over 7,000 people attended this past summer. Camp Siloam is a place in which both its name and the name of ..read more
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By Dr. Stephen Bell, LMFT, Professor of Psychology at Ouachita Baptist University Have you ever been in a situation where you just felt like you ran out of time? You just knew that a few more minutes could have made a major difference in the disappointing outcome. Maybe, you found yourself cheering on your ..read more
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SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. – More than 500 salvations were reported over nine weeks of camp this summer at Camp Siloam. “It was an amazing summer. God showed out,” Director of Camps Scott Maxwell said. Approximately 7,140 campers spent a week of their summer at Camp Siloam. Maxwell said that was the highest number of campers ..read more