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Quake did ‘lot of shaking,’ SBDR reports; tremors felt at IMB main office

Published on August 25, 2011

A brief report regarding the East Coast earthquake was relayed in the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief update circulated Aug. 24.... Continue Reading »

FROM THE STATES: Ga., Md./Del, Ky. evangelism/missions news

Published on August 24, 2011

Reports about churches, associations and state conventions responding to the International Mission Board"s call to embrace the world"s 3,800 unengaged, unreached people groups also are included in From the States, along with reports about church, associational and state convention... Continue Reading »

SPORTS: NCAA accords Houston Baptist full Division I status

Published on August 24, 2011

Houston Baptist University, having completed its NCAA Division I probationary period, has been approved for full membership by the NCAA board of directors.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: The Cooperative Program & church plants

Published on August 24, 2011

Being a professor and church planter, I believe I have a unique perspective concerning the promotion of the Cooperative Program.... Continue Reading »

Roswell UFO Festival gets teens’ witness

Published on August 24, 2011

This year"s UFO Festival in Roswell, N.M., marked the witness of teenagers from several local churches for the third consecutive year.... Continue Reading »

Muslims’ friendliness, hospitality experienced by U.S. students

Published on August 24, 2011

Smyth was one of seven Southern Baptist students from the United States who partnered with Christian workers Sean and Amanda Barnes* and Cheryl Thompson* during a mission project in southern Africa in late July.... Continue Reading »

IMB resources point to ‘Loving Muslims’

Published on August 24, 2011

A heart of love for Muslims is something the International Mission Board hopes to cultivate through the new "Loving Muslims" resources, which are being released in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.... Continue Reading »

Terry Pleasant to be nominated as SCBC first vice president

Published on August 23, 2011

Terry E. Pleasant, pastor of Little Mountain Church, Wellford, will be nominated as first vice president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention at the SCBC annual meeting in November.... Continue Reading »

ADAM & EVE: Controversy heats up

Published on August 23, 2011

This is the first article that R. Albert Mohler Jr. plans to write on denials by some scholars of an historical Adam and Eve as the first parents of all humanity and as the solitary first human pair.... Continue Reading »

SPORTS: Auburn gets ‘Courageous’

Published on August 23, 2011

The Auburn football team took a break from practice and team meetings for a screening of "Courageous," the new movie from Sherwood Pictures, releasing Sept. 30.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Ready to pray anew for the unreached

Published on August 23, 2011

With both anticipation and nostalgia I listened to Bryant Wright, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, tell how he and Tom Elliff, the International Mission Board"s new president, each had been led by the Spirit of God to challenge... Continue Reading »

BP Ledger, Aug. 22 edition

Published on August 23, 2011

Today"s BP Ledger includes items from:
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Union University
Compass Direct News Service
World News Service
American Center for Law and Justice
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Israel Ministry of Tourism

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PRISONERS IN CHINA... Continue Reading »