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Featured This Month Baptism Numbers Continue to Rise in the SCBO! by Dr. Jeremy Westbrook Be Steadfast In The Battle Against Discouragement by Dave Welsch The Beauty of Celebrating New Life Through Outdoor Baptism Columbus Legacy Church Begins New Life Through Replanting
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SCBO Resources Available to Help Pastors. Just Reach Out! DR Enters New Partnership with Ohio Military Reserve Ohio DR Member Honored with Lifetime Service Award
Next Gen, New Churches, and Faithfulness in the Southwest Region Continuing the Conversation in Replant, Revitalization, Renewal, Fostering Creating Pipelines for Sending Ohio African American Pastors to Mission Fields
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The Impact of Evangelism Grants
2026 National Day of Prayer Celebrates 75 Years of Prayer for America FIRST-PERSON: Pastors Should Be Able to Opt Back in to Social Security
Prayer at the Statehouse Event Draws Record Crowd
The Ohio Baptist Messenger Staff
Dr. Jeremy Westbrook, editor-in-chief Stephanie Heading, managing editor
Seth Wicker, digital communication assistant AJ Frasure, director of IT
-- Tell us your story -- The Ohio Baptist Messenger is a monthly publication highlighting what the Lord is doing in SCBO churches or min- istries, and we need your help! Tell us your story and we could feature it in an upcoming issue of The Messenger . Please submit your stories to messenger@scbo.org. For more information, please contact Stephanie Heading at messenger@scbo.org.
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