HANNIBAL (BP) – "Bivocational pastors are my heroes" said Frank S. Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, as he addressed the annual session of the Bivocational and Small Church Leadership Network, May 13-14, at Hannibal-LaGrange University. "You are not alone," Page told the 55 pastors and wives gathered at the auditorium of the university in Hannibal, repeating a message he often shares as he speaks around the nation. But one day a bivocational … [Read more...]
LifeWay’s Ed Stetzer to join Wheaton College faculty
WHEATON, Ill. (BP) – Ed Stetzer, executive director of LifeWay Research and executive editor of The Gospel Project curriculum published by LifeWay, has been named to the faculty of Wheaton College and as executive director of Wheaton's Billy Graham Center for Evangelism. Stetzer, 49, will begin his new roles at Wheaton July 1, which also will include publisher of Evangelical Missions Quarterly, founded nearly 50 years ago, and chair of the Wheaton College Graduate School's evangelism and … [Read more...]
Review: Is ‘Captain America: Civil War’ family friendly? (And what about that superhero vs. superhero worldview?)
CHICAGO (Christian Examiner) – There is a popular belief among Christian moviegoers about superhero movies, and it goes something like this: Superhero films are popular because all humans innately are looking for a Christ-like figure – that is, an otherworldly being that will save the day, defeat evil and uphold justice. In other words, even non-Christians are attracted to superhero movies because they, unknowingly, are looking for such a cosmic King. I hold to this belief, but what do we … [Read more...]
LifeWay to screen 2 movies at SBC
ST. LOUIS (BP) – LifeWay Christian Resources will provide a free breakfast for pastors and screen two new movies at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in St. Louis this summer. The focus of the LifeWay Pastors’ Breakfast will be “Leading Change in the Church,” featuring LifeWay President and CEO Thom S. Rainer, followed by a panel discussion of critical issues in effectively navigating change. The panel will include Ron Edmondson, Immanuel Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky.; Sam … [Read more...]
Excitement stirring for WMU in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – The excitement for the upcoming WMU Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting is building. The WMU is celebrating what God is doing around the world through missions at the meeting slated for June 12-13 in St. Louis at the Ferrara Theatre at America’s Center, 701 Convention Plaza, which is just prior to the SBC Convention. “We’re so excited,” Laura Wells, Missouri WMU Executive Director, said. “It doesn’t get closer than this.” “By All Means” is the theme for the Celebration … [Read more...]
Yeats to be nominated as SBC recording secretary
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Jason Duesing, provost and professor at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, will nominate John L. Yeats for a 20th term as recording secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention at the June 14-15 annual meeting in St. Louis. As executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention since 2011, Yeats has demonstrated leadership and dedicated support for Southern Baptists and their churches, said Duesing, associate professor of historical theology at Midwestern. “After … [Read more...]
St. Louis SBC preschool child care full
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Preschool child care registration for the 2016 SBC Annual Meeting in St. Louis reached capacity ahead of today’s May 6 deadline and has surpassed 2015 registration by more than 30 percent, according to Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee staff. Preschool registration closed May 4 with 142 registrants, SBC Executive Committee meeting planner Lynn Richmond told Baptist Press. Last year’s registration closed May 20 with 109 preschoolers, characterized as newborns … [Read more...]
Thousands expected at Graham rally, May 17
JEFFERSON CITY – Final preparations are being made at the State Capitol in anticipation of one of the largest gatherings ever at the site when Franklin Graham brings his Decision America Tour here May 17 at noon. Graham’s visit to Missouri’s capital marks his 23rd stop in his tour to all 50 state capitals. In each he is holding prayer rallies for the nation in preparation of national elections in August and November. His most recent stop was May 5 in Charleston, West Va. “I’m going to … [Read more...]
CROSSOVER: St. Louis Baptists ready for volunteers
ST. LOUIS (BP) – The iconic Gateway Arch represents the pathway to the west for most travelers and locals. For Tom Breeden, St. Louis Metro Baptist Association’s (SLMBA) executive director, it’s also the gateway to a mission field in need of hope. That’s why he welcomes the estimated 3,500 Southern Baptist volunteers who will converge on the metropolitan area June 11 for Crossover St. Louis. The scores of travelers who constantly cruise the I-70 corridor through Missouri’s largest city … [Read more...]
Trump’s win draws support, concern from evangelicals
WASHINGTON (BP) – Donald Trump's striking victory in Indiana Tuesday (May 3) apparently settled the race for the Republican presidential nomination, but it did little to resolve the divisiveness among conservatives and evangelical Christians over his controversial candidacy. The brash billionaire triumphed easily in the latest primary over both of his rivals for the GOP nomination, leaving him seemingly with no opponents and an open path to the nomination barring a stunningly dramatic … [Read more...]
Missionary slain in Jamaica was Iowa Southern Baptist
KINGSTON, Jamaica (BP) -- An Iowa Southern Baptist was among two American missionaries killed in Jamaica April 30 in what appeared to be a violent attack. Randy Hentzel, 48, a member of First Family Church in Ankeny, Iowa, was serving with the Pennsylvania-based Teams for Medical Missions when he was slain in a remote, rural area of Jamaica along with fellow missionary Harold Nichols, 53. The two men went for a motorcycle ride at approximately 8 a.m., and Hentzel's body was found hours … [Read more...]
Monkey study challenged over Darwinian claims
NASHVILLE (BP) – A study of monkey calls hailed as evidence for the evolutionary origin of human speech has been critiqued by an Intelligent Design proponent as “flimsy” support for the Darwinian scheme. An article in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society similarly has argued for the supernatural origin of language, stating that a divine creator is the “only reasonable way to account for” the phenomenon of language. The study of African gelada monkeys – published April 18 in … [Read more...]
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