As I write today the images from Tacloban, Philippines, are unbelievable. Massive relief efforts are underway to assist those who survived the howling 200+ mph winds and the estimated 20-foot storm surge generated by super typhoon Haiyan. The death toll is rising. We all have seen the images of thousands of survivors attempting to leave the area where water, food and medical assistance evaporated within a matter of hours after the storm. Yet, the roads and flights into Tacloban and other … [Read more...]
Missouri leaders: ENDA threatens religious liberty
WASHINGTON – In a move that many believe could jeopardize religious liberty, the United States Senate passed legislation that will protect homosexual and transgendered individuals from discrimination under federal employment law. According to the bill, employers cannot discriminate against employees or potential employees on the basis of “sexual orientation” or “gender identity,” which were added alongside the protected classifications of race, color, national origin, gender, age and … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Supreme Court refuses to block Texas pro-life law by 5-4 decision
BY BEN JOHNSON WASHINGTON, D.C., November 19, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has voted by a 5-4 majority to allow a key provision of a Texas pro-life law to take effect. The majority ruled that a coalition of abortion providers had failed to prove that a Texas law requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their office places an "undue burden" on women seeking an abortion. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a separate opinion, … [Read more...]
Baptists respond quickly to Midwest tornadoes
WASHINGTON, Ill. (BP) -- An approaching tornado interrupted worship at First Baptist Church in Washington, Ill., Nov. 17, leading Pastor Josh Monda to shepherd his congregation to shelter in the basement and ensure all were out of harm's way. "We stepped outside, and you could see the updraft pulling into the storm," said Monda. "We saw the tornado form and began moving through the neighborhood where we knew several of our members live." A church member was hospitalized with injuries … [Read more...]
Church-Planting Missionaries Receive Generous Gift from Southern Baptist Convention
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Nov. 19, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- This week the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board (NAMB) presented a valuable sermon-preparation and presentation gift to each member of its church-planting network. Church-planting missionaries who are a part of the NAMB Send Network each received a Logos Bible Software Silver base package, including nearly 700 resources worth more than $13,000 in print. The gift also includes a six-month license to Logos' … [Read more...]
Missouri WMU holds missionary retreat
ROCKY MOUNT – A missionary retreat held Oct. 7-8 at Cross Pointe Retreat Center here drew 46 missionaries, including 35 emeritus missionaries who spent time refreshing, fellowshipping and swapping stories from their times of service on the mission field. This year’s theme was “Down Memory Lane” and was hosted by the Madge Committee of the Missouri WMU (MWMU). Both IMB and NAMB missionaries attended this event, according to MWMU Missionary Advocate Maryetta Dennis. Mike Dennis led two Bible … [Read more...]
Seminary-educated rapper releases new album
ST. LOUIS (BP) — If it seems odd for a hip hop artist to do seminary coursework, the idea was even more foreign to veteran rapper Flame. The Grammy-nominated artist is now a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s undergraduate Boyce College, but at one point Flame (Marcus Gray) said the idea of studying the Bible in an academic setting had never crossed his mind. Flame was stirred to think about going to seminary by Christian hip hop pioneers The Cross Movement. Formed in … [Read more...]
Army: Labeling AFA a ‘hate group’ was wrong
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army is blaming a soldier for the content of a slide show that labeled one of the largest pro-family Christian organizations in the country a “domestic hate group” because of its strong traditional family values. “The slide was not produced by the Army and it does not reflect our policy or doctrine,” Army spokesman Troy Rolan told The Clarion-Ledger Oct. 15 in the afternoon. Several dozen Army active duty and reserve troops were told during a mandatory … [Read more...]
Because you give … a light shines in global darkness
Rick Hedger has seen the light – that is, the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ shining in dark places. As Partnership Missions strategist and team leader for Missional Evangelism/Discipleship, Hedger feels powerfully compelled to obey Jesus’ command to go and make disciples of all people. Along with other Missouri Baptists, Hedger is helping awaken Missouri’s more than 1,900 Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) churches to the greatest challenge the world has ever known: taking the … [Read more...]
NAMB trustees approve church planter retirement funds
TORONTO – For the second year in a row trustees for the North American Mission Board (NAMB) have approved a one-time contribution of $1,000 to the retirement accounts of 1,500 church planters in NAMB’s Send Network. The money is coming from underspends in NAMB’s 2012-2013 fiscal year budget. “Our church planters are serving in difficult places and in most cases very expensive places,” said NAMB president Kevin Ezell. “Planning for the future isn’t always the first thing on their minds. … [Read more...]
GuideStone, two others file litigation challenging contraceptive mandate
Article courtesy of GuideStone DALLAS — GuideStone Financial Resources, along with Oklahoma-based Reaching Souls International and Truett-McConnell College in Georgia, filed suit Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, objecting to the Obama Administration’s contraceptive mandate. This action is in response to the Administration’s regulations that require certain religious employers to provide health benefit plans for their employees that include coverage … [Read more...]
NAMB online map connects mission needs with volunteers
By Sara Shelton of the North American Mission Board ALPHARETTA, Ga. – When the Baptist Convention of New England (BCNE) came into possession of an old church building in Worcester, Mass., earlier this year, the staff knew exactly what they wanted to do with it. “We were fortunate enough to have the building donated to us, and now we hope to turn it into a church planting center for training planters in the New England area,” explains Tim Buehner, evangelism consultant and mission … [Read more...]
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