Featured Baptist Edifier Articles
A Church Planter's Christmas
December 2007
“Why do you always pick the hardest way possible?! You had to be the big, brave, great man of faith going where nobody else wants to go. Well, look what that got us!”Read more >
Pastors Deserve Honor From Church Members
September 2007
Under the inspiration of God, Paul wrote that faithful pastors are “worthy of double honor” (vs. 17). Most involved with independent Baptist churches are highly supportive of their pastors and gladly submit to his God-given leadership role. However, anyone is susceptible to developing a wrong attitude towards his or her pastor. There are few things more harmful and dangerous to the local church than a wrong heart about the pastor because unless corrected it will eventually bring some degree of discord and division. Read more >
An Exhortation to Church Service Etiquette
June 2007
Several years ago I attended a sports/activities awards banquet at a high school which featured the women’s volleyball coach at a nearby university as guest speaker. Soon after he began his speaking presentation I became both disgusted and incensed. No, not about what he was saying, but because of the terrible lack of respect and common decency afforded him by many of those in the crowd of about 200 people. Read more >
Church Pianist Saves Life of Pastor's Wife
June 2007
It’s not everyday that you hear about a church pianist saving the life of her pastor’s wife, but that’s exactly what happened on January 29, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. However, as dramatic as that is, it’s only part of a story that in whole is an incredible testimony for God’s glory. Read more >
Turning Point Prison Ministry
March 2007
In the Bible accounts may be found of the Lord miraculously freeing preachers from prisons. However, several members of a Missouri church are experiencing an opposite phenomenon as they find themselves being put into prisons by the power of God. Read more >
