JEMEZ (BNM) - Farther south, but still in the north, central mountains, the Jemez Valley Baptist Church Food Pantry helps another community. In addition to helping families, the pantry ministry kept the church going, too. Mission New Mexico provides funding to its ministry.

PORTALES (BNM) – In 2019, the New Mexico Baptist Children’s Home added “and Family Ministries” to its official name. Implementing an adoption ministry had been a dream of the organization for some time. The new ministry possibility influenced the organization’s name change.

ALBUQUERQUE (BNM) - COVID-19 force the Baptist Convention of New Mexico to postpone an event it works on for three years, the 2020 Ministers and Family Retreat. The three-day event, planned to occur at the Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown hotel, was re-scheduled for Aug. 5-7, 2021. The Mission Ne…

CHAMA (BNM) - Mission New Mexico connects a northern New Mexico church with hundreds of families. The number has recently increased. After a recent distribution, almost all of the food was gone. Some basic items had entirely run out.

LAS CRUCES (BNM) - NMSU Christian Challenge is sending two students to London this fall. Matt and Gustavo will depart Aug. 25 and return Dec. 9.

RUIDOSO (BNM) - For over 20 years, a ministry of First Baptist Church of Ruidoso has touched new parents' hearts. Kay Madaris, a former missionary nurse to Mexico, delivers pink and blue New Testaments to the Lincoln County Medical Center obstetrics ward. At the same time that the hospital p…

RIO RANCHO (BNM) - Awaken Church, a new church plant, launched Aug. 2. The church’s planter, Matt Flores, explained that Awaken Church began with losing a ministry opportunity. But, he seized the moment to see what God had planned.

ALBUQUERQUE (BNM) - More than half (51.9%) of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico’s 337 churches participated in the 2019 Mission New Mexico State Missions Offering. Collectively, those 175 churches raised $400,630 for the annual offering, which supports designated ministry efforts in New M…

ALBUQUERQUE (BNM) - Adapting to trends spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Baptist Convention of New Mexico has adjusted its Mission New Mexico campaign strategy to include a concentrated digital campaign in addition to its traditional October state missions offering emphasis.

SANTA FE (BNM) - A future amended public health order will allow New Mexico houses of worship to operate at 40% of their building’s maximum indoor occupancy, according to an Aug. 26 press release provided by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The previous public health order, set to expire on Aug.…