by Dana Williamson Associate Editor LAWTON—A candle shop, a bake shop, a clothing boutique, a toy shop, a cafe, a trading post, a post office—11 shops in all, plus a park. That’s more than a lot of rural Oklahoma towns can boast these days, and this particular Victorian village is encompassed in a church gymnasium.

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Sharing Christ begins with God’s story and your own story of life change. Teaching Christ personally involves commitment and intentional discipleship. Those themes will be intertwined throughout this year’s State Evangelism Conference and the opportunities geared especially for women. The statewide conference will be held Jan. 30-31 at Oklahoma City, Southern Hills and features several

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Oklahoma City, Southern Hills will be the site of the 2012 State Evangelism Conference Jan. 30-31. Continuing the “MY316” theme of the past two years, this year’s theme is “Teach Him Personally,” with the major emphasis on evangelism in the disciplemaking process. Key verse is Colossians 1:28, “Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching

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by Elaine Gaston  EDITOR’S NOTE: This year’s Week of Prayer for International Missions in the Southern Baptist Convention is Dec. 4-11 with the theme of “His heart, His hands, His voice—I am Southern Baptist missions” from Acts 1:8. Each year’s Lottie Moon Christmas Offering supplements Cooperative Program giving to support Southern Baptists’ 5,000 international missionaries’

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At the 2011 BGCO Annual Meeting in Moore in November, the Baptist Messenger unveiled its new product,  Messenger Digital, a fully digital edition of the printed publication. Connected to the Messenger Digital publication, the BGCO Communications Team announced the launch of the Messenger Mobile App (available for free download in the Apple and Google stores).

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While a strong biblical concept in a marriage ceremony, the phrase, “And the two became one,” has taken on a different spin as two church starts have now become one. In October, Radiant Life and Journey Fellowship Churches, both located in the Yukon area, began a merger, which will result in a “bigger, better” church

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MOORE—The president of LifeWay Christian resources and three Oklahoma pastors shared insights on how Oklahoma Baptists can celebrate the unity and the diversity they enjoy at the annual Pastors’ Conference Nov. 14 at Moore, First. The meeting, held as a preamble to the 105th Annual Meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, featured two

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SHAWNEE—The purpose of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma’s annual Oklahoma Youth Ministry Forum (OYMF) is “to provide training, encouragement and challenge for Oklahoma Youth Ministers and Leaders.” More than 150 student ministry leaders took part in the 2011 OYMF Nov. 18-19 at Shawnee, Immanuel. The conference was designed to address specific key topics in

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JOPLIN, Mo.—The Singing ChurchWomen of Oklahoma can do more than just sing. Wielding hammers, chain saws, crow bars and other heavy duty tools, about 130 of the singers descended on Joplin, Mo., Nov. 18-19, not only to bless with their musical abilities, but also to make a difference in the city which was devastated by

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With millions of people around the world who have either never heard the name of Jesus, or who don’t understand His sacrifice for sins, the challenge of spreading the Gospel seems overwhelming. Yet three missionary couples speaking to the Women’s Missions and Ministries Celebration at Moore, First Nov. 14, are devoting their lives to making

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