Lifeway President Ben Mandrell Would Open Physical Stores ‘In a Heartbeat’ But Says Local Churches ‘Abandoned’ Them

Lifeway President Ben Mandrell Would Open Physical Stores ‘In a Heartbeat’ But Says Local Churches ‘Abandoned’ Them

On Wednesday at the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) annual meeting, Ben Mandrell, CEO and president of Lifeway Christian Resources, responded to a messenger’s inquiry regarding whether the entity would ever bring back the brick and mortar bookstores.

Lifeway aims to help churches make disciples • Biblical Recorder

DALLAS (BP) — Recognizing the important connection between discipleship and the local church, Lifeway Christian Resources President and CEO Ben Mandrell pledged to assist congregations in their calling to fulfill the Great Commission. “Intentional, relational discipleship was the genius of Jesus’s strategy then and now,” he said. Mandrell told more than 10,000 messengers gathered at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas that t…