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Barrett Duke retires as Montana exec, search team begins work

Barrett Duke has retired as executive director of the Montana Southern Baptist Convention (MTSBC) after more than eight years in the post, having served since January 2017.
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Thousands of DR volunteers deployed so far this year, more needed

So far this year, at least 5,300 Southern Baptist trained Disaster Relief volunteers have responded to 40 natural disasters across the United States, from wildfires in California to storms on the eastern side of the nation.
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Multiple fellowship groups plan Dallas gatherings

Several groups affiliated with Southern Baptists plan to meet concurrent with the June 8-11 SBC annual meeting at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.
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FBC Mayfield returns home on Easter, three years after tornado devastation

First Baptist Church in Mayfield, Ky., a church whose campus was severely damaged by an EF-4 tornado on Dec. 10, 2021, will celebrate the long-awaited return to their campus on Easter Sunday. Eight baptisms are scheduled for the service, in addition to words shared by current pastor Paul Wilkerson and former pastor Wes Fowler, who now serves as executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention.
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More than 1,300 spiritual decisions made at Louisiana youth crusade

The Denham Springs High School football stadium became a house of God during Louisiana's Livingston Parish GO TELL AMERICA Crusade, March 16-19. By the end of the four-day crusade, including all related outside events, 1,316 persons had made decisions for Christ.
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Pressley names 2025 Registration Committee

SBC President Clint Pressley announced Friday, March 21, that Jonathan Coleman will chair the Registration Committee for the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas in June. Coleman, pastor of Harvey Baptist Church in Stephenville, Texas, was a member of the committee in 2024.
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Midwestern Seminary, 9Marks launch redesigned conference to strengthen future church leaders

Advancing its longstanding partnership with 9Marks ministries, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) will launch a redesigned 9Marks at Midwestern Conference in April 2026.
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WEEK OF PRAYER: Circuit riders in Wyoming

Baggs, Bairoil, Glendo, Granger, Medicine Bow, Meeteetse – race past them at the posted interstate speed limit of 80 miles per hour, and one after another, every tiny town in Wyoming can easily look like the same blink-and-you’ll-miss-it blur out the passenger-side window. ... Unless you’re Tyler Martin.
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WEEK OF PRAYER: Coming to America

They didn’t want to do it, but they had no choice. Ecuadorians Eduardo Vera and his wife Juliana walked more than 1,900 miles with their family, pushing Juliana’s elderly father almost the whole way on a rusty, discarded tricycle they found on the first day of their journey.
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WEEK OF PRAYER: Gospel deployment in North Carolina

Several years ago, Joshua and Brittany Brown planted Pillar Church of Topsail in Sneads Ferry, N.C., as part of the Praetorian Project, a family of churches in military communities worldwide.
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Survey asks for feedback on SBC Annual Meeting present, future

Southern Baptists wanting to provide input for future annual meetings are able to do so through a newly formed survey.
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WRAP-UP: SBC Executive Committee proposes plan for budget woes

The SBC Executive Committee took major steps to tackle issues that have been brewing in the Convention for several years, including addressing the financial fallout from the SBC’s response to sexual abuse, introducing a new director for abuse response within the Convention and responding to the call for additional financial information from entities.

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