The Missouri State Fair midway has bright lights, cotton candy, foot long hot dogs and thrilling rides. But just a block or two south of it is the Baptist Tent which offers some good things too – especially, a chance to hear the gospel.
Missouri
Oklahoma DR volunteers heading to St. Louis injured in traffic accident
Seventeen Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) volunteers were involved in a traffic accident as they were on their way to Missouri to help with flood relief in St. Louis.
National
SBC president names MBC’s Nelson as member of new sexual abuse task force
Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber has announced members of the Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force (ARITF), including Missouri Baptist Convention President Jon Nelson, lead pastor of Soma Community Church, Jefferson City, Mo.
Columns
SBC’s EC: ‘Crickets’ on hiring pro-LGBTQ firms
Bradley’s infatuation with the LGBTQ lifestyle goes unabated, posting on its Facebook page on Aug. 2 that it is a “proud sponsor” of the LGBTQ+ Bar 2022 Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair. But what do we get from Nashville? Crickets.
Apologetics
Article III of the BF&M: Man
Baptist Faith & Message 2000: “Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation.”
Global
Fusion Teams Return from Missionary Service
Spurgeon College hosted the Fusion Commitment Ceremony in Midwestern Seminary’s chapel on July 29, welcoming back nine missionary teams from three months of overseas service.
Culture
Are Southern Baptists Ready for a World That Despises Christians?
Aaron Renn’s penetrating analysis of American evangelicalism in his First Things article triggered much thought. As a respected writer and thinker, Renn uses the framework of three worlds (positive, neutral, negative) with evangelicals swimming against a relentless secular rip current. I’d like to apply Renn’s diagnosis to the Southern Baptist Convention.