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SBC entities issue 1st report on ethnic diversity

Published on June 28, 2012

Southern Baptist Convention entities have issued their first reports in response to historic measures adopted a year ago to improve accountability in the inclusion of ethnic minorities in SBC life.... Continue Reading »

Black network elects officers, gives awards

Published on June 27, 2012

The Black Southern Baptist Denominational Servants Network installed officers and gave awards to four individuals during its meeting prior to the SBC annual meeting in New Orleans.... Continue Reading »

Seminary prof: God still in control in Egypt

Published on June 26, 2012

With Christians wary of religious freedom under newly elected Egyptian president Mohamed Morsy, a Southern Baptist theologian says God is still in control and encourages Christians to continue to pray.... Continue Reading »

At NAAF, Luter exhorts SBC to trust in God

Published on June 21, 2012

Fred Luter, in his first sermon after his election as Southern Baptist Convention president, exhorted believers to place their trust in the Lord and work through the church to heal today"s troubled society.... Continue Reading »

Funding from churches fuels Kingdom advances

Published on June 21, 2012

The Cooperative Program, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions and the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions allow 45,000-plus Southern Baptist congregations to share in fulfilling the Great Commission.... Continue Reading »

Fred Luter’s trailblazing life rich with trials, blessings

Published on June 20, 2012

It challenged me and started making me really consider my relationship with God, to the point that I started reading my Bible every day, on a daily basis, morning and evening," Luter recalls 35 years later.... Continue Reading »

New ‘descriptor’ and historic election ahead for SBC meeting

Published on May 24, 2012

The recommendation of ?Great Commission Baptists? as a descriptive name and the prospective election of the first-ever African-American president are on the horizon for the Southern Baptist Convention's June 19-20 meeting in New Orleans.... Continue Reading »

Meeting Billy Graham was ‘gift from God’

Published on May 24, 2012

Billy Graham remains passionate for the kingdom, Frank Page observed during a May 12 visit with the 93-year-old evangelist. ?His focus is singular, as it has always been, on winning the lost for Christ,? Page, president of the Southern... Continue Reading »

Lexington Association’s Johnny Rumbough to preside over national gathering of DOMs

Published on May 12, 2012

The Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions will emphasize passion in ministry at its June 17-18 meeting in New Orleans. With the theme ?Igniting Passion,? drawn from the May 20-27 Week of Prayer for Associational Missions, the... Continue Reading »

SBC meeting theme to spotlight ‘Neighborhood and Nations’

Published on April 26, 2012

?Jesus: To the Neighborhood and the Nations? is the theme for the Southern Baptist Convention's June 19-20 annual meeting in New Orleans, SBC president Bryant Wright has announced. Drawn from Luke 24:47-48, the theme is worded to convey the... Continue Reading »

Girl Scouts’ admitting of boy draws backlash

Published on December 13, 2011

Girl Scouts USA"s recent revelation that its local chapters sometimes induct boys who try to live as girls, considered transgendered, is already having repercussions in Louisiana, where three troops at a Christian school have disbanded in disappointment.... Continue Reading »

Relief work leaves mark on Northeast

Published on October 7, 2011

A displaced couple in their 90s and a widow forced to live in her car for a week have been among those assisted after Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee by the North Jersey Network of the Baptist Convention... Continue Reading »