LOUISVILLE, Ky. (SBTS) — Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Jason K. Allen returned to The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to challenge students on finishing well. During the Aug. 27 chapel service, Allen preached from 2 Timothy 4:7 to remind students about Paul’s challenge to Timothy to keep their eyes on the finish line. “Don’t settle for anything less than the direction God has given you, and don’t settle for anything short of completing that course,” Allen … [Read more...]
42 IMB missionaries appointed; Platt addresses trustees
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (BP) – Growing up in Brazil, Thiago Montanher de Queiroz came to know Christ at 10 years old and early on felt God calling’s to follow Him into international missions. As an adult while attending a local seminary, Montanher had a professor of missions and church planting – an International Mission Board missionary – who helped confirm and encourage his calling. “[The missionary’s] love for the nations was contagious, and I have never seen anyone so passionate about the … [Read more...]
Q&A with IMB President David Platt on organizational reset
Editor’s note: International Mission Board (IMB) leaders have outlined a plan to address IMB’s revenue shortfalls and complete a reset of the organization in order to move forward into the future with innovative vision, wise stewardship and high accountability. The plan was presented by senior IMB leadership, including President David Platt, during an Aug. 27 town hall meeting including missionaries and staff, who collectively attended either in person or through digital communication. IMB … [Read more...]
SBC Executive Commitee President visits Missouri
EWING – Frank Page was introduced as the “President and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee” to the assembled crowd at the association annual meeting here. But Page was quick to point out he likes to consider his title “Chief Encouragement Officer” as he travels to churches across the Southern Baptist Convention. Page was the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Mt. Salem/Wyaconda Baptist Association at First Baptist, Ewing, on a recent Friday evening. He preached to the messengers … [Read more...]
Support, sadness mark reactions to IMB plan
JEFFERSON CITY – Southern Baptists may vary in their opinions about the International Mission Board’s (IMB) recent decision to cut 600-800 staff and field personnel in order to address revenue shortfalls. But John Edie, chairman for the IMB board of trustees and a member of Second Baptist Church, Springfield, said that many people are responding with both sadness and support. “The reaction has been, needless to say, mixed,” Edie told The Pathway. “But if you had to put it on a scale of … [Read more...]
Cross Church pledges $1 million to CP
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (BP) — Cross Church in northwest Arkansas announced Aug. 2 its commitment to give $1 million through the Cooperative Program in 2015, as well as plans to do the same in 2016. Ronnie Floyd, Cross Church senior pastor and president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said the church is increasing its previous pledge of $900,000 to $1 million and is setting its sights to do the same next year. Floyd, in an email to J.D. “Sonny” Tucker, executive director of the Arkansas … [Read more...]
IRS promise met with caution
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Internal Revenue Service will not revoke the tax-exempt status of religious organizations that object to same-sex marriage, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen has promised at least twice in recent weeks. But some tax code experts say the commissioner’s commitments are not a guarantee of tax shelter for organizations with religious objections to the Supreme Court’s nationwide legalization of homosexual marriage this summer. Michael Batts, a CPA who specializes in … [Read more...]
Women have options, if PPFA defunded
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Life News) – The Charlotte Lozier Institute, the education arm of the Susan B. Anthony List, and Alliance Defending Freedom released a map showing the thousands of health care clinics in the United States that offer legitimate health care to women. The Daily Signal reports that the two pro-life organizations contend that there are many health care centers that should receive federal funding instead of Planned Parenthood. As LifeNews previously reported, in July, five … [Read more...]
An open letter from IMB President Platt on personnel reductions
Dear SBC Family, By now many of you may have heard that last week, IMB announced a plan to reduce the total number of our personnel (both here and overseas) by 600-800 people over the next six months. Since the moment this announcement was made, we have sought to communicate the details of this decision as clearly as possible to churches, state conventions, and national entities across the SBC (see this article and this FAQ document, in particular). In the middle of it all, though, I … [Read more...]
Tens of thousands protest gay ‘marriage’ decision in Mexico
SOFIA VAZQUEZ-MELLADO/LifeSiteNews MEXICO CITY – Tens of thousands took to the streets of major Mexican cities under the slogan “Mexico is One for the Children,” to ask the government to respect state constitutions that define marriage as the union of one man and one woman, after a recent Mexico Supreme Court ruling legalized same-sex unions throughout the country. “We are not against any person, we are against this Supreme Court imposition,” said Sofia Miranda, one of the organizers, in … [Read more...]
Baptisms sign of church’s evangelism success
LAKE CHARLES, La. (BP) — Trinity Baptist Church planned to baptize 24 people one Sunday, as a special celebration of how God has blessed the congregation’s evangelism efforts this year. But by the time the last person came out of the baptismal waters, 46 had been baptized. They join 108 others who have been baptized this year at the church in Lake Charles, La. “When people started responding to that call to come, everyone stood up cheering and clapping,” said Greg Bath, Trinity’s … [Read more...]
Houston to vote on equal rights ordinance
HOUSTON (BP) — Houston’s City Council voted Aug. 5 to put the controversial equal rights ordinance (known as HERO) on the Nov. 3 ballot after a vote to repeal the law failed but not before debate arose over the ballot language. Council members opposed to the ballot language cautioned Mayor Annise Parker the city could find itself again on the losing end of a legal battle over how the city chooses to parse its words for the voters. The vote marked a “dubious” anniversary for HERO … [Read more...]
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