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IMB, NAMB presidents address DOMs’ queries

Published on June 28, 2012

The Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions held its annual meeting at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary June 17-18.... Continue Reading »

Evangelists underscore ‘power of God’

Published on June 28, 2012

Two former presidents and the new president of the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists focused on "The Gospel: The Power of God Unto Salvation" during the group"s Sunday morning worship June 17 in New Orleans prior to the Southern... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: The need of Southern Baptist prayers for the nation

Published on June 28, 2012

The Prayer Vigil for Spiritual Revival and National Renewal is a great opportunity for Southern Baptist Christians to come together as a unified body and lift up our nation to our Almighty God.... Continue Reading »

Dead Sea Scrolls, Bible history brought to life in seminary exhibit

Published on June 28, 2012

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary hopes to change that reality and give more people than ever a chance to see manuscripts that reveal the faithful transmission of the biblical texts over thousands of years through its Dead Sea Scrolls &... Continue Reading »

Bedouin tent at SBC inspires Great Commission prayer

Published on June 27, 2012

The prayer tent, which dominated IMB"s display, was modeled after the desert dwellings of the nomadic Bedouin tribes of North Africa and the Middle East.... Continue Reading »

Sudanese convert from Islam loses wife, kids

Published on June 27, 2012

Today the convert (Mohammed Khidir Khalil) from Islam is back in Sudan fighting to recover his family after his in-laws compelled his wife to claim she was Muslim and divorce him.... Continue Reading »

Steve Saint begins rehab after accident

Published on June 27, 2012

Author, missionary and inventor Steve Saint showed slight progress during his first day of rehabilitation Monday (June 25) after an accident nearly two weeks earlier left him partially paralyzed.... Continue Reading »

Native Americans install 1st executive director

Published on June 27, 2012

The Fellowship of Native American Christians has installed its first executive director, Gary Hawkins.

Hawkins, a church planting associate with the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, was called by FoNAC"s executive committee as the group"s executive director.... Continue Reading »

Korean Council draws 800 to annual meeting

Published on June 27, 2012

About 800 people from 600 Korean Baptist churches in 40 states including Alaska and Hawaii gathered for the Council of Korean Baptist Churches" annual meeting.... Continue Reading »

Chinese discuss outreach beyond their churches

Published on June 27, 2012

Chinese pastors are working to reach outside the traditional church setting to reach fellow Chinese in America and start new churches.... Continue Reading »

Filipinos look toward cross-cultural missions

Published on June 27, 2012

Filipino Southern Baptist leaders focused on strategies for church planting and training disciples for cross-cultural international missions via tent-making during their June 19 meeting held in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in New Orleans.... 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 »