The story of any church is, in its essence, a local and specific chapter in a global work of God gathering a people for Himself. It is the story of the promise of the Lord Jesus Christ being fulfilled: ‘Upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.’ (Matthew 16:18) The history of the Romanian Baptist Church of Nashville is such a testament to the faithfulness of God in the lives of men and women who carried their faith across ocean

“The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.” (Proverbs 11:3) As a leader, you are always making decisions. This is true if you are a parent leading a family, a manager leading a team, or a pastor leading a church. Some choices are small, like how to answer an email. Others are huge and can affect your children, your employees, or your whole community for years. In a world full of hard choices, what helps you decide? Do you

As a leader, whether you are guiding a family, a team at work, or a church ministry, it’s easy to get lost in planning. We think about the next project, the next family goal, or the next ministry event, and we focus on how to measure success. These things are useful, but they are not where we find our purpose. If we base our leadership on our plans, we are setting ourselves up for disappointment. Plans change, kids grow up, projects fail. If our purpose is tied to these thing