Ryan Scantling, Conway Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) campus minister chats with Arkansas Baptist News associate editor Caleb Yarbrough about the ministry's current fundraising efforts for a planned 12,400-square-foot facility in the heart of Conway. Conway BCM serves four institutions located in and around Conway, including the University of Central Arkansas, Hendrix College, Central Baptist College and the University of Arkansas Community College in Morrilton.

ABN Podcast host Bill Bumpas chats with Paul Chitwood, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board (IMB). December 3-10 is the IMB's Week of Prayer for International Missions. The IMB's Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is collected throughout the Christmas season and goes towards funding Southern Baptist missionaries serving across the globe.

The second installment of the AB News Update. Caleb Yarbrough, Arkansas Baptist News (ABN) Associate Editor, chats with ABN Editor/Executive Director Tim Yarbrough about the day's headlines from a Christian worldview perspective. Show notes: "2019 ABSC Annual Meeting resolutions" https://www.arkansasbaptist.org/read/2019-absc-annual-meeting-resolutions "Child transgender treatment opposed" https://www.arkansasbaptist.org/read/child-transgender-treatment-opposed "SBC Executive Committee announces staff retirements" https://www.arkansasbaptist.org/read/sbc-executive-committee-announces-staff-retirements "How Europeans See America" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/opinion/europeans-view-americans.html

Arkansas Baptist News Associate Editor Caleb Yarbrough chats with Arkansas Baptist State Convention President Greg Sykes, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Russellville, about everything from his role as president of the state convention, the current battle over bringing a casino to Pope County (the county where his church is located), the importance of lay leaders to Syke's personal story of how he shifted paths from a possible career in journalism to full-time pastoral ministry. Sykes also shares about his time as a sports reporter at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, during the late 1980s and early 1990s, including the Razorbacks' men's basketball team's 1994 National Championship season. The conversation digs into some of Sykes' personal approaches to ministry and gives Arkansas Baptists a better picture of one of the state's leaders. Enjoy!