April 3, 6, or 10

Vacation Bible School (VBS) has a huge impact on churches, children, and families. Our VBS trainings are an incredible opportunity to hear from experienced kids ministry leaders and receive valuable resources for your church.
 

April 3 | Cross Church, Fayetteville | 6:00–8:30 p.m.

April 6 | First Baptist Church, El Dorado |  3:00–5:30 p.m.

April 10 | Collective Church, Bryant |6:00–8:30 p.m.

April 4–5

Heart & Four Fields is an effective evangelism and disciple-making strategy equipping everyday believers, church leaders, and church planters. This event is being led by experienced pastors and missionaries involved in church planting in numerous contexts.

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Join us for the Worship Leaders' Roundtable that will be gathering in your area. These events held throughout the year are great opportunities to enjoy the fellowship of other worship leaders as we challenge, sharpen, and encourage one another. Please click on the links below to register for the Worship Leaders' Roundtable near you to be sure you are provided a meal. Contact [email protected] for more information and later dates and locations.

April 3, Wynne Baptist Church

April 10, First Baptist Church, Nashville

April 24, First Baptist Church, Monticello

April 11–13

Looking for a student missions experience? Join us for a week-long missions trip experience packaged into a single weekend. CONNECT helps to engage students in and equip them for the mission by connecting them to Christ, to other Arkansas students, and introducing them to various ministries provided through the Dixie Jackson Arkansas Missions Offering and the Cooperative Program.

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The Sending Lab is a one-day workshop that will help you develop a vision and plan for leading your church to send. It’s a collaborative experience that will connect you with other pastors on the same journey, while guiding you to identify your next steps for finding, developing, and sending church planters.

April 14, Nettleton Baptist Church, Jonesboro

April 15, Connect Church, Little Rock

April 24

Arkansas Baptist Women's Ministry Network offers an opportunity for leaders to gather in regional groups to share ideas, discuss strategy, and get to know one another. The goal is to help grow a strong network of leaders who offer friendship and serve as a resource and encouragement to one another.

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April 24–25

First Responder Chaplain/Peer Support Training will be held April 24–25. This is for chaplains (or future chaplains), pastors and church leaders, Law Enforcement/Fire/EMS Peer Support Team Members and other emergency responders, anyone desiring to minister to and support first responders. Also great information for hospice and hospital workers.

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EQUIP:SMC is designed specifically with smaller membership church (SMC) leaders in mind. Whether full-time, bi-vocational, or volunteer, SMC ministry has many unique and challenging demands. This conference aims to further equip and encourage those serving in SMC ministry.

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April 26

Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers go to share the love and hope of Jesus Christ. Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are trained and credentialed, and are provided access into areas of crisis where we can meet people at their points of need. Please prayerfully consider if Disaster Relief is a ministry in which the Lord is calling you to serve.

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May 1

The Arkansas Baptist State Convention is here to help your church. Protecting minors and those vulnerable from sexual abuse remains a top priority. Join us for the Abuse Prevention + Response Conference as we walk through the Essentials to actively assist and encourage Arkansas Baptist churches to train, screen, protect, report, and care when it comes to abuse prevention and response. 

May 3

An afternoon of fun, food, fellowship and disciple making for men of all ages. Don't miss this opportunity to spend time with Christian men from around the state. Bring your lost friends and enjoy the beautiful outdoors, eat a good meal, worship together, and hear an uplifting evangelistic message.

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May 17

Join us for a fun-filled day of missions experiences, including meeting missionaries and learning about missions in Arkansas and around the world!

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June 16–20

Engage Missions Camp will be held at Camp Paron from June 16–20. This unique camp combines biblical teaching, worship, evangelism, fun, and fellowship with hands-on ministry opportunities to help equip students to be engaged full-time in God's mission. Registration is open.

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July 14-18

PraiseWorks is a worship arts-focused camp for students who have completed grades 7–12. JoyWorks is a worship arts-focused camp for kids who have completed grades 3–6. Campers at both camps have an opportunity to gather to worship, learn about worship, and gain skills for leading and participating in worship.

PraiseWorks information and registration

JoyWorks information and registration

In this special episode, we sit down with Leslie Strobel to discuss her ministry and her support for her husband, Lee. She shares her testimony of coming to faith in Jesus and what it was like to pray and contend for her atheist husband to come to trust Jesus as well. Her husband Lee eventually came to believe in Jesus and went on to author many different books that have shared Jesus with millions of people around the world. The couple now travel around to various speaking engagements and conferences. They are active in their church and cherish time together with their grandkids. Leslie and  Lee cowrote a book called Spiritual Mismatch to help others in similar situations where one spouse is a believer and the other is not.

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JJ Washington joins us for an interview and shares some insight about creating a culture of evangelism. If you are looking for assistance or resources, you can reach out to our Missions Team here at the ABSC. If you would like to contact JJ, you can reach him at: [email protected]

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Some areas in the Bible are addressed clearly. But there are other areas where things are a little more "gray." In this episode, pastor and speaker Tom Richter shares a method for discerning those gray areas using principles found in the book of 1 Corinthians.

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