Taming the Accounting Beast

Taming the Accounting Beast

A new service from WatersEdge provides bookkeeping, payroll and contribution tracking for Oklahoma Baptist churches and ministries. Sarah Barham wasn’t looking for a job. The Shawnee, Oklahoma, native and mother of three was happy at the large public accounting firm...
Church Is Not a Building

Church Is Not a Building

Sycamore Creek Church Pickerington, Ohio Pickerington Square Shopping Center doesn’t sound like a place of worship, but for Sycamore Creek Church it was. Established in 1995 with only 15 people in a shopping center, Sycamore Creek’s congregation quickly outgrew its...
Worth the Wait

Worth the Wait

Oakdale Baptist Church Edmond, Oklahoma Regret can haunt a church for years. Thankfully, God brings new opportunities that can erase all memory of what could have been. Years ago, when Oakdale Baptist Church was located in a rural area of Oklahoma City, a developer...
New Life for a Dying Church

New Life for a Dying Church

Franklin Baptist Church Norman, Oklahoma For 9-year-old Hunter Parsons, the death of his church wasn’t an option. His father, Brent Parsons, was the new pastor of Franklin Baptist in Norman, Oklahoma, and the church was in trouble. On his first Sunday, Parsons...
Growing Pains

Growing Pains

Foothills Community Church Arvada, Colorado Stephen Hinson was frustrated with his bank. Foothills Community Church, where he serves as operations pastor, had received an offer from the city to purchase a piece of the church’s land to build a new police substation....