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An open letter from IMB President Platt on personnel reductions

September 4, 2015 By David Platt

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...]

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EXPLAINER: Protecting children through the 2026 Chloe Cole Act

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The Chloe Cole Act of 2026, named for the advocate Chloe Cole who has publicly shared about the horrors of being pushed into “transitioning” in her early teens, prohibits gender transition procedures for minors through regulating interstate commerce. Cole will visit the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Hannibal-LaGrange University, March 25, as the featured speaker for the school’s latest Free Society events.

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