CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) – “Hurt” and “anger” have met with prayer in troubled Charlotte, N.C., where Southern Baptist pastors are praying and encouraging peace and reason amid violent protests and a declared state of emergency after the police killing of Keith Lamont Scott. Christians of various denominations held prayer services today (Sept. 22) and yesterday after police shot and killed 43-year-old Scott, a black man, while looking for a suspect in an unrelated incident. Charlotte policeman … [Read more...]
Teen’s trek to secluded apt. complex takes a turn
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) – It might be easy to look at Hallay Cagle’s life and ministry and think the doors just swung wide open. Not so. “The community was very closed off,” Cagle said of a Mixteco population living in a secluded apartment complex in Montgomery, Ala. She’d gone there as a high schooler trying to build relationships with what she thought was a Spanish-speaking people group from Mexico. “We went there to do a backyard Bible club, and we had brought a Spanish translator with … [Read more...]
EC recommends expanding membership
NASHVILLE (BP) – Four state conventions would gain representation on the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee under a recommendation adopted during the EC’s Sept. 19-20 meeting in Nashville for presentation at the SBC annual meeting in June 2017. The recommendation would amend SBC Bylaw 18 to exempt the Dakotas, Iowa, Minnesota-Wisconsin and Montana Baptist conventions from Bylaw 30’s requirement that territories have 15,000 members in cooperating Baptist churches to qualify … [Read more...]
Gaines to EC: SBC needs ‘renewal from heaven’
NASHVILLE (BP) – Spiritual awakening, soul winning and stewardship will be the three-pronged emphasis of Steve Gaines’ Southern Baptist Convention presidency, he told the SBC Executive Committee Monday (Sept. 19). Addressing the EC via video because of a scheduling conflict, Gaines said America’s morally deteriorating culture evidences the need for revival and awakening. He asked Southern Baptists to pray for revival using Psalm 85:6 and Habakkuk 3:2 as prompts. Revival “is a renewal from … [Read more...]
‘Never alone:’ 2016 MBC Annual Meeting
ST. CHARLES – Messengers representing churches affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) are gathering Oct. 24-26 at the St. Charles Convention Center for their 182nd annual meeting. The theme is “Never Alone,” taken from Deut. 31:6, where Moses assures the Israelites, “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” (ESV) Neil … [Read more...]
Voter guide available at annual meeting
ST. CHARLES – A comprehensive 36-page voter guide will be among the resources available at The Pathway exhibit during the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) annual meeting here Oct. 24-26 at the St. Charles Convention Center. Produced by the Constitutional Coalition in St. Louis, the voter guides will include information on statewide candidates, candidates for the General Assembly and all judgeships. The voter guide will also be available at The Pathway website, www.mbcpathway.com, and may … [Read more...]
Gay custody battles expand definition of parenthood
NEW YORK (WNS) – New York’s highest court changed the definition of parenthood in September to include former partners with no biological or adoptive tie to a child. The decision by the New York Court of Appeals overturns a 25-year-old definition restricting parenthood to a biological or adoptive person. The new definition expands the term parent to include caretakers who initially agreed to conceive and raise a child. Under the ruling, if an unmarried same-sex couple with children splits, … [Read more...]
Study: Abortion increases rate of mental health disorders
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) – It may be no surprise to pro-life advocates that a new study published in the July 2016 issue of the peer-reviewed journal SAGE Open Medicine confirms women who have abortions run a significantly increased risk of mental health disorders and substance abuse. But the research offers an important boon to pro-life groups in the U.S., where scientific evidence showing the harmful consequences of abortion for women has been scarce because available data is inconsistent and … [Read more...]
Columbine martyr film seeks bold youth revival
NASHVILLE (BP) – When two fellow classmates approached Rachel Joy Scott on the lawn of Columbine High School and questioned her belief in Jesus, she affirmed her faith and was shot to death at point-blank range. The story of her martyrdom has been told perhaps countless times in books, sermons and interviews in the past nearly 20 years, but Pure Flix Entertainment hopes its upcoming film of Scott’s 17 years on earth inspires students nationally to accept and boldly proclaim Jesus as Lord … [Read more...]
‘Intergalactic missions’?
NASHVILLE (BP) – Discovery of another planet that might support life has given rise to speculation about intelligent life elsewhere in the universe – and whether such lifeforms would need the Gospel. “Briefly stated, saying that scientists ‘think there may be life’ on [the newly discovered planet] is greatly overstating what the scientific community is thinking,” said Bill Nettles, physics department chair at Union University. But “if there is intelligent life on other planets, we … [Read more...]
CP 4.80% over YTD projection
NASHVILLE (BP) – Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist Convention national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee through 11 months of the current fiscal year are 4.80 percent above the year-to-date SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget projection, and are 2.80 percent above contributions received during the same time frame last year. The year-to-date total represents money received by the Executive Committee by the close of the last … [Read more...]
Making the Bronx ‘a better city’
THE BRONX, New York City (BP) – You’ve seen the pictures: burned-out buildings, junk cars littering vacant lots, drug dealers loitering on street corners. You’ve seen the news: In a single sweep recently, police arrested dozens of gang members accused of multiple murders, including the slaying of a 92-year-old woman. But the police can’t fix the Bronx. Social workers can’t heal the New York City borough, located north of Manhattan. Politicians? Israel Kelly has a better idea: the ABC … [Read more...]
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