Four years ago, 300 candidates waited in IMB’s missionary pipeline, considering a call to the nations. That pipeline just surpassed the 1,100 mark, the highest in decades. This means that more than 1,100 individuals have started a process to help solve the world’s greatest problem – lostness – by becoming a missionary with the IMB.
Missouri
Goodsell on mission at state Capitol
Missouri Baptist Pastor Matt Goodsell felt the tug on his heart to minister to political public servants more than 20 years ago when he was a youth in his home country of Australia.
National
MBTS president’s ‘Turnaround’ released by B&H Publishing
Midwestern Seminary announced today the release of President Jason K. Allen’s newest book, Turnaround: The Remarkable Story of an Institutional Transformation and the 10 Essential Principles that Made it Happen, published by B&H Publishing.
Columns
The gospel and student loan forgiveness
“Christians always pursue justice because the gospel of salvation is the greatest demonstration of justice. But drawing false equivalencies between federal policies and the gospel not only makes for bad policies, but – infinitely worse – distorts the gospel.”
Apologetics
MBC’s High Street Press releases book on Baptist Faith & Message
The Missouri Baptist Convention, through its High Street Press imprint, has released a new resource for personal or group study titled “Understanding The Baptist Faith & Message.”
Global
People group in nation of Mozambique no longer unengaged with the gospel
Last year there were few-to-no followers of Christ among the Manyika of Mozambique. This past July, a group of four bowed their heads and prayed to receive Jesus as their Savior. Their eyes shone bright with hope. Their smiles unending because their eternity was forever changed. They joined seven others living in this remote interior strip of Mozambique to make this decision in the last few months.
Culture
Exclusive: Mohler places ‘nationalism’ in its biblical context
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler has been a defender of nationhood – as compatible with Christian theology – which he will underscore as one of six keynote speakers at the National Conservatism Conference, Sept.11-13, in Miami. His announced topic: “‘Your God Will Have Been Supplanted by an Idol’: The Dangerous Illusion of a ‘Secular’ State.”