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Midwestern Seminary student Caylee Dugger killed in car accident

February 6, 2023 By Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MBTS) – Caylee Dugger, a youth director at First Baptist Church North Kansas City and M.Div. student at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, was killed in a highway accident Thursday afternoon, Feb. 2. According to local news station Fox 4, Dugger was involved in a three-vehicle wreck and died on the scene. As her family said, she was traveling to Texas to visit her nephew when the accident occurred. Dugger was a graduate of Union University and was planning … [Read more...]

‘It Takes a Village’: Fifteen churches pitch in to plant new congregation in Colorado

December 26, 2022 By Aiden Trimble

DENVER – It’s easy to picture a church planter as the lone ranger – alone in a strange city, with little support structure, just a Bible and a dream. That’s not the case for Bryson and Sarah McGuire; there are over 15 churches in their corner. Bryson McGuire was born and raised in Springfield, Mo. “I joke that, in Springfield, there’s a church and coffee shop on every corner,” he says. He soon discovered that Denver is quite the opposite. “There’s one church for every 30,000 people in … [Read more...]

Oregon church grows through evangelism

December 6, 2022 By Karen L. Willoughby

EUGENE, Oregon (BP) – Alan Gayle keeps several “hooks in the water,” he says, in his quest to lead the church he’s pastored since 2004, Fairfield Baptist, to share God’s love with the people around them and throughout the world. One of those is a six-week, new-member class Gayle leads every two months. During it (and during church services throughout the year) he talks about the Cooperative Program, the way Southern Baptists work together in missions and ministry in the United States and … [Read more...]

SWBTS student narrates ‘Jesus’ film in its 2,000th language

November 18, 2022 By Timothy Cockes

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary student Mang Siing recently became a part of history when he served as the narrator for the Zo language translation of the world-famous Jesus Film. The effort marked the film’s 2,000th available language. “Jesus” depicts the life and ministry of Christ, and is the world’s most translated film, according to Guinness World Records. Since its release in 1979, it has been viewed by billions of people around the world and … [Read more...]

Southern Baptists show value of caring for widows

November 14, 2022 By Timothy Cockes

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – With Sunday, Nov. 13, marking Orphans and Widows Sunday on the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) calendar, Southern Baptists reflected on the important ministry of caring for widows. The emphasis Sunday is on of James 1:27 which reads: “pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress” (CSB). For Eastwood Baptist Church in Bowling Green, Ky., caring for widows has become part of the DNA of the whole … [Read more...]

Barber, Wellman issue statement on proposed constitutional amendment

November 2, 2022 By Scott Barkley

NASHVILLE (BP) — A commitment to affirming Southern Baptist polity and the Baptist Faith and Message remains central during a discussion over women serving as pastors, say Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee Chairman Jared Wellman and SBC President Bart Barber in a joint statement. “Both of us have the responsibility to protect the messengers’ rights, answer the messengers’ questions and implement the messengers’ instructions,” reads the statement issued Wednesday (Nov. … [Read more...]

WMU groups in Missouri, Montana begin partnership

October 28, 2022 By Angelia Carpenter

JEFFERSON CITY (MWMU) – Thirteen Missourians, including ten Missouri WMU (MWMU) staff and executive board members, recently traveled to Montana Southern Baptist Women (MTSBW) MPower event. The event was missions-focused connecting women to Cooperative Program missionaries, fellowship, idea-sharing and worship time. During the two-day event MWMU executive board members and staff shared mission action ideas, compassion ministries, leadership development, and resources. Age-group … [Read more...]

Saddleback pastor says he encourages women to preach, ‘doesn’t want to engage in denominational battles’

October 27, 2022 By Scott Barkley

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP) – Lead Pastor Andy Wood anticipates that the number of women clergy will grow at Saddleback Church, something that will certainly heighten the discussion over the congregation and its fellowship with the Southern Baptist Convention. On Oct. 9, Wood’s wife, Stacie, preached a message at the church titled “The Courage to Slow Down” where she was listed as “teaching pastor” on the screen. In Andy Wood’s bio on the church website’s leadership page, he and his wife … [Read more...]

Southern Baptists set to recognize Global Hunger Sunday Aug. 28

August 18, 2022 By Brandon Elrod

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – The last few years have witnessed world-changing events that have disrupted supply chains and limited access to food for many people. Southern Baptists will, on Aug. 28, recognize Global Hunger Sunday to raise support for those in need. “Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen world events impact food supplies. First, it was the COVID pandemic, then the war in Ukraine hindered access to their wheat harvest,” said Bryant Wright, president of Send Relief. “A drought in … [Read more...]

Southern Baptists responding to ‘overwhelming’ Kentucky floods

August 3, 2022 By Brandon Elrod

WHITESBURG, Ky. (BP) — As surveyors continue assessing the damage done by the historic flooding that has deluged eastern Kentucky, Southern Baptists have begun planning their response. Dozens of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) volunteers from across the Southeast have started arriving, and Send Relief, the compassion ministry of Southern Baptists, has provided resources for meals and flood relief supplies to help with the recovery. “The destruction is absolutely catastrophic … [Read more...]

‘We Proclaim Him’ focuses pastors on mission of gospel ministry

July 11, 2022 By Erin Roach

ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Mark Clifton opened the 2022 SBC Pastors’ Conference by reminding shepherds of local congregations that there are no unimportant churches and no unimportant places. With the theme “We Proclaim Him,” speakers walked through Colossians, a letter written by the apostle Paul to the church in Colossae, a small town, that could encourage any pastor wondering if his ministry matters. Matt Henslee, president of the 2022 conference, said his hope was that the worship and … [Read more...]

Missouri team to Montana helps with church projects

July 6, 2022 By Dan Steinbeck

HELENA, Mont. – Seven mission team members from Twin Rivers Association spent the first week of June helping several churches in Montana. “We were basically doing building repairs on two churches,” said Dr. Bob Feeler, Mission Team Strategist and Twin Rivers Director of Missions. Helena Valley Baptist Church pastor Jason Rioux said their church building consists of several old military barracks from the 1960s, with a fellowship hall between them.  The team of three pastors and four laymen … [Read more...]

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UK’s foremost expert: Gender ideology is ‘made up’

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In a stunning interview on Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Dr. Az Hakeen, who was identified as “the only psychiatrist in the UK to specialize in working psychotherapeutically with gender dysphoria patients, which he has done for 23 years,” declared, “Gender ideology is made up. It’s a social construct. It’s a cult belief.”

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