ALBUQUERQUE (BNM) - For a couple of months, churches have not been meeting, and some are now meeting with social distancing in place. A couple of New Mexico churches have reported to the Baptist New Mexican what is happening in their churches and that God’s work continued through the pandemic.

The Baptist Convention of New Mexico’s Executive Director Search Committee has received 17 resumes. Its July 1 report also said that the committee’s members are “excited about the quality of resumes.”

ALBUQUERQUE (BNM) – Krista Peterson, the Baptist Convention of New Mexico’s children’s ministry specialist, resigned effective June 30, 2020. BCNM Executive Director Joseph Bunce announced her departure to the State Mission Board on May 22. Peterson joined the BCNM’s missionary staff in July 2008.

Believe it or not, some things that rural church pastors must do well will benefit any pastor of any church of any size in any place or city. But, hearing those things from rural pastors, along with their anecdotes, can be refreshing and inspiring...

ALBUQUERQUE (BNM) - As part of his doctoral studies, Ricardo Rivera, the Baptist Convention of New Mexico’s Hispanic ministry strategist, visited Hispanic churches in New Mexico. He discovered that Sunday School attendance was low in many of those churches. “In a 15-year study, I found that …