LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) - Southern Baptist Theological Seminary released a report today (Dec. 12) that discloses the history of slavery and racism at the seminary. "Slavery was not only tolerated in many schools, but also expressly defended and even praised as divinely ordained," the seminary said in its initial news release on the school's past. "Though this was true of many of the most historic colleges and universities in the nation, it was particularly true of the South. Theological … [Read more...]
Survey: Americans want more Christ this Christmas
NASHVILLE (BP) - Most Americans want more religious meaning to the Christmas season, and for some that includes the seasonal greetings we say to each other. A new study from LifeWay Research found two-thirds of Americans (65 percent) say, "Christmas should be more about Jesus." Those looking for more Christ in Christmas in 2018, however, are significantly fewer than four years ago. A 2014 LifeWay Research study found 79 percent of Americans at that time said Christmas should be more … [Read more...]
BGR launches ‘clean water campaign’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BGR) – Baptist Global Response (BGR) is celebrating #GivingTuesday 2018 with a water filter campaign and a goal to provide 600 families around the world with clean, drinkable water. #GivingTuesday is a globally recognized day for charitable organizations that falls after Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This year, it will take place on Tuesday, November 27. BGR’s 2018 campaign follows an enormously successful 2017 #Giving Tuesday, during which donors surpassed the goal … [Read more...]
‘Love One Another’ 2019 Nat’l Day of Prayer theme
ROGERS, Ark. (BP) – “Love One Another” is the theme for the 2019 National Day of Prayer May 2, event president Ronnie Floyd announced today (Oct. 30). Anchored in John 13:34, the theme seeks to mobilize the nation in prayer on May 2 in every U.S. locale across generational, ethnic and linguistic lines, said Floyd, senior pastor of the multisite Cross Church in northwest Arkansas. “I realize that our task today is daunting and quite intimidating,” Floyd said in his Facebook announcement, … [Read more...]
Alaskan Thanksgiving: All invited in Tenakee Springs
TENAKEE SPRINGS, Alaska (BP) - A small church in southeast Alaska is inviting its community to Thanksgiving dinner. The invitation is extended to all 100 residents and anyone else in Tenakee Springs who may not have local gatherings of family and friends that day. Tenakee Springs Community Church has hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for most of the 10 years bivocational pastor Todd Buck and his wife Jodie have served there. "Initially I went out there on a request for supply preaching, … [Read more...]
Veteran, 92, took his last stand defending his wife
COLUMBUS, Ga. (BP) - John Dawson served in World War II in the Pacific theater and in the Korean and Vietnam wars on crews that catapulted planes off the decks of five different aircraft carriers. He died at age 92, however, by making the ultimate sacrifice for his wife of 72 years by battling a home intruder. As a leader in his American Legion post, as a longtime churchman and as a father of two (Ricky and Peggy), grandfather of seven, great-grandfather of 16 and … [Read more...]
Paul Chitwood elected unanimously as IMB president
ROCKVILLE, Va. (BP) – About a decade ago, Paul Chitwood became convinced God was calling him to mobilize missions and missionaries, he told International Mission Board trustees. That call culminated today (Nov. 15), he said, with his election as president of the International Mission Board. "Being a member of this board for eight years changed my ministry and it changed my life, so much so that [my wife] Michelle and I questioned whether God had called us to overseas missions," Chitwood, … [Read more...]
Chitwood announced as candidate for IMB’s presidency
RICHMOND, Va. — The International Mission Board trustees’ Presidential Search Committee announced Tuesday, Nov. 6, that the committee will recommend Dr. Paul Chitwood, 48, to be elected as the 173-year-old entity’s 13th president. The vote to elect Chitwood is scheduled for the Nov. 15 plenary session during the Nov. 14-15 IMB board meeting in Richmond. A former chairman of IMB’s board of trustees, Chitwood currently serves as executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, the … [Read more...]
Social media strategy & the church
NASHVILLE (BP) – By the time churches have fully embraced Facebook, many of their members and those they are trying to reach may have left it behind. Nearly three-quarters of Facebook users (74 percent) have adjusted their connection with the social media platform in some way over the past year, according to Pew Research. That reportedly includes the 54 percent who adjusted their privacy settings, 42 percent who took a break from checking it for several weeks or more, and 26 percent who … [Read more...]
MBC Disaster Relief volunteers respond to Hurricane Florence
WALLACE, N.C. – It hasn’t necessarily dominated the national headlines, but the scope of Hurricane Florence’s impact on the east coast – North Carolina, in particular – has been massive. It may have been downgraded to a Category 1 storm, but the U.S. Geological Survey says the storm still dumped more than 18 trillion – yes, trillion with a T – gallons of water. Fortunately, the flooding rivers and creeks were also met with a flood of aid, including dozens of Missouri Baptist Disaster … [Read more...]
ERLC’s Psalm 139 Project places ultrasound machine in Mo. pregnancy resource center
KANSAS CITY (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s Psalm 139 Project has placed an ultrasound machine at the Liberty Women’s Clinic in Liberty, Missouri, Russell Moore announced Monday at the For the Church Conference at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. “I am honored to be partnering with Liberty Women’s Clinic to provide this ultrasound machine.” said Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. “This gift is on behalf of Southern Baptists … [Read more...]
SBC EC discusses abuse prevention, prez search
NASHVILLE (BP) – An initiative by Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear to address sexual abuse in the church will be funded by the first $250,000 in Cooperative Program overage for 2017-2018, by a vote of the SBC Executive Committee. Other highlights of the Executive Committee’s Sept. 17-18 meeting in Nashville included a report from the EC presidential search committee and a report on Southern Baptist Disaster Relief following Hurricane Florence. Two retiring leaders of … [Read more...]
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