NASHVILLE (BP) – “Great Commission Advance” shouldn’t be mistaken for a formal program. It’s more personal. It’s a call for “every Southern Baptist and every Southern Baptist church living up to the high calling of disciple-making, evangelism and missions, biblical stewardship and fervent and effective prayer,” as Frank S. Page, president of the SBC Executive Committee, defines the focus of a growing partnership between state conventions and SBC entities. Simply put: “We follow Jesus, we … [Read more...]
‘Buckets of love’
“Elsy’s Buckets of Love,” a Tri County mission project, offers a new dimension of love for the Phillip Shuford family. As director of missions for the Tri County Baptist Association, he was quick to respond to a food crisis in Venezuela, the native home of his wife, Elsy. “Her home church, Central Baptist Church of Caracas, Venezuela, sent us a letter and asked if we could help with their food shortage,” he said. Shuford went on to explain that the country of Venezuela is experiencing a … [Read more...]
Platt to EC: Seemingly dead man rose among UUPG
NASHVILLE (BP) – What appeared to local believers to be a physical resurrection from the dead among an unengaged, unreached people group in Southeast Asia has opened a door for Gospel witness and highlighted what International Mission Board President David Platt called “God’s power to supernaturally save sinners.” Platt recounted the story – which, though atypical in Western experience, bore similarities to biblical accounts of raising the dead – during his report to the Southern Baptist … [Read more...]
‘Insanity of God’ ticket sales top $1 million
NASHVILLE (BP) – Ticket sales for an encore showing of “The Insanity of God” in theaters Tuesday, Sept. 13, pushed box office receipts to $1.1 million. “Due to the success of the film’s two one-night theater showings,” Trey Reynolds, manager of LifeWay Films, said, “we are planning a church simulcast for the film the first or second week of November, with a consumer DVD and church license DVD to be released Nov. 21.” The feature documentary film produced by the International Mission Board … [Read more...]
Teen’s trek to secluded apt. complex takes a turn
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) – It might be easy to look at Hallay Cagle’s life and ministry and think the doors just swung wide open. Not so. “The community was very closed off,” Cagle said of a Mixteco population living in a secluded apartment complex in Montgomery, Ala. She’d gone there as a high schooler trying to build relationships with what she thought was a Spanish-speaking people group from Mexico. “We went there to do a backyard Bible club, and we had brought a Spanish translator with … [Read more...]
Columbine martyr film seeks bold youth revival
NASHVILLE (BP) – When two fellow classmates approached Rachel Joy Scott on the lawn of Columbine High School and questioned her belief in Jesus, she affirmed her faith and was shot to death at point-blank range. The story of her martyrdom has been told perhaps countless times in books, sermons and interviews in the past nearly 20 years, but Pure Flix Entertainment hopes its upcoming film of Scott’s 17 years on earth inspires students nationally to accept and boldly proclaim Jesus as Lord … [Read more...]
Making the Bronx ‘a better city’
THE BRONX, New York City (BP) – You’ve seen the pictures: burned-out buildings, junk cars littering vacant lots, drug dealers loitering on street corners. You’ve seen the news: In a single sweep recently, police arrested dozens of gang members accused of multiple murders, including the slaying of a 92-year-old woman. But the police can’t fix the Bronx. Social workers can’t heal the New York City borough, located north of Manhattan. Politicians? Israel Kelly has a better idea: the ABC … [Read more...]
‘Semper Gumby’ defines mission efforts in Canada
DESLOGE, Mo. — Once they arrived in Burnaby, Canada, the First Baptist Church of Desloge mission team had two clear goals. The first was to assist the leadership of Zendeh Church and its pastor, Amin, with anything he needed. The second? Semper Gumby. “I was trying to communicate to our team that we needed to be fluid while we were there and Pat Kahn, one of our mission team members and former military captain, said what we need is to be Semper Gumby,” said Bradford Laubinger, senior … [Read more...]
God is still in our schools
Watching sand pass through an hourglass always captivated me as a child. It seemed as though the mass of sand would never pass through the bottleneck, but in quick order the final grains fell. There is a bottleneck where nearly every person over the next 20 years will pass. The church could surround this bottleneck and change communities and impact every life in across the nation over a few decades. Some churches have realized the great strategic value and have already gotten started. The … [Read more...]
Baptist students, 450 strong, aid flood survivors
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (BP) – John Whitehead woke to an unfamiliar sight in mid-August – water had breached his house and was rising fast. The Louisiana State University student panicked for a few minutes, facing tough decisions. What should he save and what should he leave behind? In the end, the answer was simple. Muddy water lapped against his waist as he struggled to heave his black Labrador retriever Rascal into his kayak. Then, he paddled away from everything he and his family owned in … [Read more...]
Shining Light ministers to dark side of life
CHARLESTON – In the spiritual darkness of southeast Missouri, Shining Light Ministries in Charleston offers a ray of hope. “God led us to start this in a small town in the middle of sin, crime, violence, hunger, and extreme poverty, Children are raising themselves. Shining Light believes Jesus is the answer to all these issues,” said Rev. Dean Wallace, director. “This is a multi-generational problem. We believe if this chain will ever be broken, it will start with the children.” The … [Read more...]
9/11 called catalyst for missions to Muslims
NEW YORK (BP) – When radical Islamic terrorists brought down the World Trade Center's Twin Towers 15 years ago, they didn't realize their actions would also help bring down walls to reaching Muslims with the Gospel. But that's exactly what happened. In the years since Sept. 11, 2001, the number of Unengaged, Muslim Unreached People Groups (UMUPGs) in the world has decreased by nearly 20 percent, from 1,333 in 2001 to 1,077 today, according to statistics provided by Vision 5:9, a … [Read more...]
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