IRONTON – The Baptist Home Board of Trustees has announced that Dr. Rodney Harrison has agreed to serve as The Baptist Home’s Transitional President until such time as a permanent selection can be made. Current Baptist Home President Steven Jones will be retiring on Jan. 3, after serving 28 years in the ministry. Dr. Harrison currently serves as Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. In addition, he has an extensive background in … [Read more...]
‘Truth worth contending for’ series launched during Midwestern Seminary graduation
KANSAS CITY – In the same spirit and celebratory atmosphere of the Christmas season, the Midwestern Seminary community celebrated the culmination of its students’ hard work, dedication, and perseverance, as the school held its 66th commencement service, Dec. 6. Additionally, President Jason Allen announced that the seminary will begin a series of messages—during graduation and convocation service addresses over the next couple of years—focusing on specific doctrinal topics of urgency and … [Read more...]
‘A necessity until Jesus comes’ – SBTS’ Mohler talks Conservative Resurgence, BF&M 2000 in exclusive Pathway interview
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the final article in a year-long series, commemorating the history of the Conservative Resurgence of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in honor of its 40th anniversary. To read previous articles, visit www.mbcpathway.com/ConservativeResurgence. LOUISVILLE, Ky. – After nearly a decade of conservative presidential victories during the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meetings of the 1980s, the SBC’s trustee boards began to select new conservative entity … [Read more...]
Bible apps announces ‘Top Bible verse’ of 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY (BP) – YouVersion Bible app announced its most popular verse of 2019, Philippians 4:6: "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done." The globally influential app has seen significant increase in downloads, engagement and consistent interaction from users new and returning around the world. The overall increase of app use from the previous year is 30 percent, according to a release. The … [Read more...]
Adoniram Judson’s spiritual descendants in Massachusetts
WORCESTER, Mass. (BP) – It has been 10 years since a group of refugees from Myanmar (formerly Burma) showed up on the doorsteps of Worcester Baptist Church in Worcester, Mass., wearing traditional Burmese clothing and having very little else. They had shown up at the local Southern Baptist church because they were Baptists and wanted a place to worship. The church welcomed the refugees into their worship service and into their lives over the next decade. The refugees knew little about the … [Read more...]
SBC guide released to help churches prevent abuse
NASHVILLE (BP) – Churches may access a new resource produced by a Southern Baptist partnership to provide guidance on preventing sexual abuse and providing care for survivors of such abuse. The Sexual Abuse Advisory Group and the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) unveiled Nov. 19 "The Introductory Guide to Caring Well: A Resource to Help Churches Care Well for Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Implement Policies and Procedures to Prevent Abuse." It is available at … [Read more...]
McLaurin named EC vice president for Great Commission Relations and Mobilization
NASHVILLE (BP) – Willie McLaurin has been named vice president for Great Commission relations and mobilization at the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee – a new position created to maximize resources and Gospel impact at the EC. "Willie McLaurin is a highly relational, disciplined, gifted and growing leader," said Ronnie Floyd, EC president and CEO. "At 46 years of age, he is a powerful preacher that inspires people to follow Christ passionately. Willie loves people, and it … [Read more...]
Greear: Prepare for ‘greater works’
BRANSON – J.D. Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in Durham, North Carolina, and president of the Southern Baptist Convention, spoke to Missouri Baptists, Oct. 29, at their annual meeting here. He preached from John 14, calling for Missouri Baptists to be less concerned with growing large churches, and instead multiplying those churches, even at the cost of the “best” and most reliable church members. “Jesus’s way of reaching the world would not come from one seed growing larger and … [Read more...]
Silicon Valley Buddhist finds Christ at NAMB church plant
SAN JOSE, Calif. (BP) – On Father's Day 2017, Sophie Nguyen found herself in San Jose, close to 2,000 miles from her father back home in Granger, Ind. Nguyen and her boyfriend had moved across the United States to the Silicon Valley the year before. Since it was her first Father's Day without her dad nearby, she took up a friend on his invitation to Eden Church. Nguyen knew little about Christianity and didn't understand the songs the church was singing. But God drew her in anyway. "I had … [Read more...]
NAMB trustees meet missionaries, celebrate Annie Offering report
SAN FRANCISCO (BP) – North American Mission Board trustees gathered for their annual fall meeting Oct. 7-8 with much to celebrate as Ronnie Floyd, president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, announced to the group that Southern Baptists had given $62.2 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering in 2019. It marked an all-time high for the offering and the third consecutive year to break a record. "We are so very, very grateful for that," NAMB President Kevin Ezell … [Read more...]
Kentucky high court rules for print shop owner
FRANKFORT, Ky. (BP) – Religious freedom advocates commended a Kentucky Supreme Court decision Oct. 31 in support of a business owner who declined to print T-shirts for a gay pride festival. The state high court ruled unanimously the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization (GLSO) did not have "statutory standing" under a local ordinance to bring the challenge against Hands On Originals, giving the Lexington shop and managing owner Blaine Adamson their third legal victory. Two lower courts … [Read more...]
‘Keep the seminary lashed to the Word of God,’ Greenway charged
FORT WORTH – Four Southern Baptist Convention entity heads charged Adam W. Greenway to remain committed to a high view of Scripture, to confessional fidelity, to the Great Commission, and to cooperation during his inauguration as the ninth president of The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Oct. 21. These four elements represented the four pegs of Greenway’s vision for Southwestern Seminary as the “big-tent” seminary of the SBC. O.S. Hawkins, president and CEO of GuideStone … [Read more...]
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