Revitalize West features mini-workshops
By Irene A. Harkleroad The first Revitalize West regional mini-workshops were held from Aug. 31-Sept. 2 in Lake Havasu City, Yuma, Tucson and Phoenix. Keynote speaker Rob Peters, founder and…
Name change proposed for AZSBC
By Elizabeth Young The Convention Council of the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention took the first step toward changing the name of the AZSBC and heard about changes coming in how…
Arise event adapts for ‘such a time…’
By Johanna Willett The weekend of the first-ever Arise AZ Women’s Conference, women from around Arizona gathered on a Sedona football field to reconnect with each other and God. The…
Disaster Relief serves after Hurricane Laura
By Irene A. Harkleroad While people in the path of hurricanes, floods, and fires are packing to leave the area, Arizona Southern Baptist Disaster Relief workers are packing to go…
Help from the Arizona Southern Baptist family
Faced with great difficulty in making a building payment due to a dramatic decline in giving in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Superstition Foothills Baptist Church in Gold Canyon…
An answer to a cry for help
“It’s a humbling thing to cry out for help, but the Lord made us to need Him and need others,” says Anthony Cox, pastor of Mercy Hill Church in central…
Blessed in a time of need
Five months into his first senior pastorate, Aaron Petre had seen average attendance at Enchanted Hills Baptist Church in Tucson increase from 50 to 80 … and then the state…
Simon Tsoi shared Jesus with all his heart
Simon Tsoi Guest speaker Simon Tsoi, preaching his closing message at a church retreat in California, turned to the worship leaders. “What about you guys?” he asked them. “Aren’t you…
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