Marissa Postell Sullivan

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. – At this year’s Lifeway Women’s Leadership Forum, ministry leaders celebrated the event’s investment in women’s ministry over the past 30 years.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – At ETCH (Equipping the Church and Home), Lifeway’s NextGen team equipped ministry leaders to respond to the speed of culture with wisdom, intentionality and urgency. The annual NextGen ministry conference took place at Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, Tenn., Oct. 27-29.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Each summer, kids, students and leaders at Lifeway's summer camps are invited to give to support Southern Baptist missionaries, and this year, campers gave the highest missions offering since 2017.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – It was 1994. He had just completed his freshman year of college and was diving into his first of what would be three summers working on the FUGE Camps staff.

What do your church members miss out on when they miss a Sunday at your church? Do they miss out on an event or a production, or do they miss out on a participatory experience that shapes their spiritual lives?

In this fallen world, ministry will always be difficult, and pastors will leave the ministry for a variety of reasons. But the church can offer support that will help pastors thrive in pastoral ministry for the long haul.

SMYRNA, Tenn. — Giant flowers filled the screen as kids filed in to LifePoint Church Smyrna for the final day of their 2025 Vacation Bible School (VBS). Reflecting Lifeway's 2025 theme – Magnified! – the worship center was decorated with large ants, squirrels, caterpillars, fireflies, flowers and dragonflies. The week was all about magnifying the bigness of God in the smallest of things.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn — Culture claims to know about Jesus, but many people are in the dark about who He really is. Lifeway Christian Resources’ 2026 Vacation Bible School (VBS) theme – “Illumination Station: Shining a Light on Who Jesus Really Is” – prepares churches to help kids discover Jesus is the Light of the world.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The church is the church because it is made up of believers in Christ, but the exact expression of a local body of believers may vary depending on context. For decades, the Hispanic population in the U.S. has been growing exponentially, and this growth has implications for many churches.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — A church without discipleship is just a gathering. And groups ministry is key for making disciples in the local church.