Stories from the Movement
BALM BLOG
Discover how disciples, leaders, and churches are participating in God's work throughout Greater Baltimore.
Bringing the Good Word & Good Works to Baltimore
How can we bring the Good News and good works to Baltimore? How do we plant new churches and develop disciple-making leaders?
BALM is training leaders globally?
When we started BALM, we had no idea God would use us to help train ministry leaders in Japan, El Salvador, and several closed countries! Yet through our partnership with Metro Baltimore Seminary, this is happening!
BALM Parakaleo Meetings for Ministry Wives
Women who are married to pastors play unique roles in the church, yet often receive little training or support for their roles.
BALM Banquet Oct 24 Celebrates 7 Years
Don’t miss our exciting BALM Banquet Oct 24th! Hear all that God has been doing in our work in church planting and renewal, theological education, and more!
New Metro Balt Seminary Dean has BALM Ties
Danielle Snyder (with husband Jon above) is the new Dean of Mentoring at Metro Baltimore Seminary. Both earned their M.Div. degrees from MBS.
Record Enrollment at MBS this Fall
Record enrollment in Metro Baltimore Seminary this fall!
Discipleship Pathway Training Starts Oct 7
BALM’s 7 -week online Discipleship Pathway Training (DPT) begins Oct. 7! This training explores the importance of prayer, how to live as missionaries and reach people where you live, work, and play, and how to teach Discovery Bible Studies so people meet Jesus for themselves in the Word of God. One recent attendee of our online training said, “We usually think of evangelism as persuasion, but this is evangelism as discovery… very refreshing. You’ve given us a treasure trove to explore."
Contact us or visit our website for more information!
BALM Helping to Renew Dundalk Church
Inverness Presbyterian Church has served the Dundalk community for over 140 years, but is seeking renewal.
Derek Pulliam Joins BALM Staff
Rev. Derek Pulliam, who recently received his Master’s of Divinity from Metro Baltimore Seminary, helps with BALM’s MBS students and to develop our discipleship-focused Unbound microchurch network in and around Baltimore.
Metro Baltimore Seminary Graduates Pastoring Local Churches
BALM and Metro Baltimore Seminary continue to raise up leaders for Baltimore & beyond. Ken Harris (pictured at right), MBS class of 2023) was recently ordained as a pastor at Covenant of Grace Church, & Rob Gicking (at left; MBS class of 2021) is the new Senior Pastor at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church.
BALM Reaching the Nations
BALM is reaching the nations! Metro Baltimore Seminary student Krishna Kandel serves Nepalese immigrants in Baltimore. Christi Sabb’s (photo at right) YouTube ministry reaches almost 40,000 people from many nations.
Awakening the Forgotten Ways Conference
“God was absolutely working through that conference... People were having serious conversations about how to implement [Hirsch's disciple-making principles]. I was extraordinarily energized by it.”
How Do You Revive A Church?
How do you revitalize a 140-year-old urban church facing the stark possibility of closure? In 2021, Abbott Memorial Presbyterian Church faced this question.
Abbott has been a faithful witness to the city since 1882. Many early attendees were immigrants, and over the decades, new immigrants came from Germany, Poland, Greece, and more recently, Central America.
Metro Baltimore Seminary: Preparing Leaders for the Church
Pastor EC Holmes recetly received his Bachelor's in Theology at Metro Baltimore Seminary.
Rethinking and Restarting Churches
The pandemic served as an accelerator to speed up the dramatic attendance drop we've seen over the last 20 years. Weekly attendance dropped from 137 to 65 before the pandemic in 2020. While larger churches are showing a strong comeback now, smaller churches are continuing to decline or close.
BALM Gala: Testimonies, Food, & Fellowship
Our gala was a feast of testimonies, food, fellowship, and encouragement! "Very informative program, delicious dinner, great fellowship," said one attendee. People heard about our four engines for disciple-making: Metro Baltimore Seminary, Church Renewal, Micro-Churches, and Baltimore Sports Academy.
MBS Inaugural Graduation Held
Metro Baltimore Seminary’s inaugural graduation ceremony featured twenty-five students who earned B.A. or M.Div. degrees!