NASHVILLE (BP) -- LifeWay Christian Resources' offer to purchase 1.5 acres in downtown Nashville for a new office building has been accepted, the Southern Baptist entity announced Tuesday (July 21). The city's Metro Development and Housing Agency (MDHA), which owns the property, unanimously approved sale of the site for $12.7 million, with a tax incentive of $4.9 million that can fund specific aspects of the construction, effectively reducing the purchase cost to less than $8 … [Read more...]
GuideStone loses on abortion mandate
WASHINGTON (BP) -- GuideStone Financial Resources and the ministries it serves must abide by the Obama administration's abortion/contraception mandate or pay crushing fines, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday (July 14). A three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver declined to grant an injunction blocking enforcement of the rule, rejecting arguments by GuideStone and a host of other religious non-profit organizations that the controversial mandate and its … [Read more...]
Six questions with Nik Ripken
Editor’s note: Nik Ripken (a pseudonym for security reasons) is a veteran IMB missionary and author who conducted 600 interviews in 72 countries where believers live amid persecution and suffering. Mark Snowden, MBC evangelism/discipleship strategist, interviewed him by phone for The Pathway on July 7. Q: How should Christians respond to an increasingly hostile culture where moral decline and even legislation is perceived as increasingly anti-biblical? Nik: The Bible says we reap what we … [Read more...]
Barna, Barton call for discipleship, biblical thinking at ‘Turning America’
SPRINGFIELD – George Barna and David Barton called believers to make disciples and promote a biblical worldview during the Conservative Americans Club (CAC) “Turning America” conference at Second Baptist Church here, June 26-27. Barna and Barton are co-authors of the book, U-Turn: Restoring America to the Strength of its Roots, which contains much of what the two men endorsed during the conference. Barna is the founder of The Barna Research Group, and Barton is president of Wallbuilders … [Read more...]
After five years, is there a Great Commission Resurgence?
When the gavel dropped to end the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio, it also marked the fifth anniversary of “a vision for a Great Commission Resurgence” that was adopted by messengers during the 2010 business sessions in Orlando, Fla. In a nutshell, a blue ribbon task force – named by then SBC President Johnny Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church, Woodstock, Ga., and led by Ronnie Floyd, pastor of Cross Church, Northwest Ark., who now serves as president of … [Read more...]
FBC Fulton’s Kerr: ‘We can do more together’
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Missouri Baptist Brad Kerr stood among the nearly 7,000 people who gathered to pray for another Great Awakening here, June 16, during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. Kerr, a young associate pastor of music and education at First Baptist Church, Fulton, dubbed the event as one of the most meaningful and positive interactions he has yet experienced in Southern Baptist life. The evening of prayer highlighted the church’s need for revival and … [Read more...]
WRAP-UP: SBC seeks awakening, supports marriage
COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP) – Spiritual awakening, the defense of marriage and the preservation of religious liberty were among key themes addressed by messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 16-17 in Columbus, Ohio. The meeting was highlighted by a Tuesday night prayer gathering led by SBC President Ronnie Floyd, at which an estimated 7,000 Southern Baptists spent two hours asking God for a third Great Awakening in America and the global advance of the Gospel. The … [Read more...]
ERLC resources ready on gay marriage
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has resources available online to help Christians minister in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage. In addition, the ERLC is helping sponsor a July 29 conference to equip pastors and churches to navigate the legal and cultural landscape after the high court's ruling Friday (June 26). Equip -- at erlc.com/equip -- is a joint initiative with the Southern Baptists of Texas … [Read more...]
Gay weddings: who must perform them?
WASHINGTON (BP) -- Legal opinions vary widely on what the U.S. Supreme Court's mandate of nationwide same-sex marriage will mean for pastors and government officials authorized to perform weddings. Some legal experts say government officials charged with performing weddings could lose their jobs for refusing to marry gay couples. But others believe both ministers and government officials likely will have freedom not to perform same-sex marriages that violate their religious … [Read more...]
Missouri students share Jesus at SBC’s Crossover
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Students from Midwestern Seminary and North Central Missouri College were among more than 3,300 volunteer missionaries at 47 venues around the city the week before the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, knocking on 10,000 doors, sharing 4,900 gospel presentations, resulting in at least 345 professions of faith. Dianne Barnes, the leader of the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at North Central in Trenton took five students with her, working with Stowe Mission in inner … [Read more...]
SBC coming to St. Louis in 2016
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Thousands of Southern Baptists will flock to St. Louis for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), June 14-15, 2016. Jack Kwok, executive director for the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio, passed the torch to Jim Breeden, Director of Missions for the St. Louis Metro Baptist Association, and several other Missouri Baptist leaders at the end of the 2015 annual meeting here, June 17. “St. Louis, it is our joy to hand over to you the love and the … [Read more...]
SBC panel: Value love, Gospel with LGBT community
COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP) – Christians should not undervalue the effect of love or the Gospel in relating to gays and lesbians, recognizing, however, that faithfulness to the biblical definition of marriage will prove costly, members of a special panel told messengers at the 2015 Southern Baptist Convention. During the Wednesday afternoon session (June 17), five panelists answered questions from SBC President Ronnie Floyd about how churches and pastors can minister in an American culture that … [Read more...]
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