Marriage Protection Sunday June 4
The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission is asking Southern Baptist churches to consider observing Marriage Protection Sunday June 4, the eve of Senate debate on a constitutional amendment regarding the issue. Senators are scheduled to begin consideration of the Marriage Protection Amendment June 5, with a floor vote expected June 6 or 7. The MPA, S.J. Res. 1, defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. The proposal is designed to protect the institution against continuing legal efforts to legalize “homosexual marriage.” The ERLC, the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy entity, is requesting pastors to address “same-sex marriage” June 4 and to encourage church members to ask their senators to support the amendment.
Bus driver saved at commissioning
Seventy-one new North American Mission Board missionaries and chaplains were strikingly reminded that one doesn’t have to travel far to reach the mission field.
Between two Sunday morning commissioning services at Immanuel Baptist Church in Highland, Calif., one of the two bus drivers, Alfred Hinson, who had been busing the missionaries and chaplains around all weekend, came forward to give his life to Christ.
After the services, Hinson – dressed in his company’s bus driver uniform – was introduced to the missionaries, chaplains, their families and NAMB staff at a luncheon hosted by the church. The missionaries and chaplains – from 23 different states and one Canadian province – cheered loudly for Hinson as they welcomed him into the family of God.