The statistics about domestic abuse are staggering. Each year twelve million people are victims of intimate partner violence. Thirty-five percent of women experience rape, violence or stalking at the hands of a significant other at some time in their lives. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Here’s what pastors and church leaders need to know about domestic abuse.

We exist to serve YOU The BCNE is a missional network of more than 370 churches. We represent a wide variety of ethnic groups, languages, sizes and histories — but we are united in our desire to see more New Englanders follow Christ. Together we can accomplish more for the Kingdom.

During the earliest weeks of the pandemic, the Baptist Convention of New England gave 89 grants to churches and helped 32 ministers with personal financial needs – despite losing more than $300,000 of income.

We understand. You want to multiply Christ-followers. But New England is a unique place, and ministry here can be challenging. The Baptist Convention of New England is ready to walk with you: partnering, equipping and encouraging. Inside this brochure you'll discover some of the ways we can help you serve well in the place God has called you to. Connect with us. Together we can more effectively advance God's kingdom in New England.

It's a long way from working as a mail carrier in the Bible Belt to serving as a collegiate missionary at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, but it's the move God led Kenny Long and his family to make in 2016.

You want to multiply Christ-followers. But New England is a unique place, and ministry here can be tough. The Baptist Convention of New England is ready to walk with you - partnering, equipping and encouraging. Explore the following pages to discover how we can help you serve well in the place God has called you to. Connect with us. Together we can effectively advance God's kingdom in New England.

BOSTON (BP) -- Boston church planting catalyst Joe Souza has developed a unique strategy for working in the city: prayer driving. As a lifelong urbanite and an urban church planter in Rio de Janeiro, Orlando and now Boston, Souza frequently ponders how to reach the vast numbers of distinctive city dwellers, many of whom have radically different lifestyles from the average Christian.

CASTLETON, Vt. (BP) -- Moving to New England had never crossed Branden Rogers' mind when he returned to his Mississippi hometown as a pastor after attending seminary. Then his brother moved to Burlington, Vt., for a short-term assignment as a nurse. Shocked at the difficulty his brother had in finding a Bible-believing evangelical church, Rogers' firsthand awareness of the lostness that exists outside the Bible Belt became a life-changing experience.