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Thinking outside the box for Native ministry

Working in Montana as a self-funded NAMB evangelism evangelism catalyst, Kelly Mitchell and his wife Erika quickly learned that compassion isn’t enough when ministering within the state's Native American community.
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NAMB trustees approve budget, celebrate Boston missionaries during two-day meeting

Trustees of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) met Oct. 5-6 to act on business items and celebrate missionaries and new churches in the area.
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FDA delays abortion pill safety study results, retaining telehealth prescriptions

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has postponed until perhaps March 2027 the release of a safety study on the abortion pill mifepristone, delaying any attempts to end telehealth prescriptions for the drug.
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Members of Congress call for investigation into Planned Parenthood compliance with federal funding

A letter released to the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Oct. 1 and since signed by more than 130 members of Congress requests an investigation into Planned Parenthood and its affiliates for failure to comply with regulations on receiving federal funds.
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Hotel rooms sell out for SBC27, more being added

Talks are already underway to add more hotel space for next June’s SBC Annual Meeting after nearly 15,500 room nights were booked within the first hour of availability, Oct. 5.
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Hotel reservations open today for SBC Indy

Those wanting to make reservations to attend the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting scheduled for June 13-16 in Indianapolis can do so today.
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For the Church National Conference Highlights the Work of God’s Word

Midwestern Seminary welcomed pastors, ministry leaders, and students to Kansas City on September 28–29 for the 2026 For the Church National Conference. Centered on the theme “The Work of the Word,” the conference encouraged attendees to trust the power, sufficiency, and enduring authority of Scripture in every part of the Christian life and ministry.
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Some claims dismissed in Sills case, judicial settlement conference ordered

A series of filings issued Sept. 29 in a lawsuit brought by David Sills, a former Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor, against various Southern Baptist leaders and entities dismissed several of his claims but allowed others against Guidepost Solutions, the Southern Baptist Convention, the SBC Executive Committee and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler to continue.
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Haitian girl home with U.S. adoptive family as Lifeline promotes streamlined process

Former orphan Grace Pierre Dowey of Haiti wasted no time in greeting her new siblings, first lifting into her arms her 1½-year-old sister Sadie, hugging her two brothers Henry and Brody, and holding her older sister Paisley’s hand.
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Southern Baptist pastor pay stagnant since 2024

Senior pastors at Southern Baptist churches have had to make do with less pay and even less purchasing power recently.
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Baptist layman, 91, is oldest through hiker of Appalachian Trail

Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders is a 91-year-old Baptist layman who last month set a record for the oldest through hiker of the Appalachian Trail – a record he had previously set at the age of 82 on a hike in 2017. It was a journey that began with prayer, and – 2,197 miles later – ended with prayer.
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Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College Students Serve on Mission Around the World

Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College students spent the summer proclaiming the gospel, strengthening local churches, and serving ministry partners across the world through a faculty-led mission trip to the Philippines and deployments with the Fusion missions program.

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