GRAY SUMMIT – Members from the First Baptist Church (FBC) here canvassed their community in preparation for their “Hopefest” revival services, March 22-23. The church distributed 500 bags to households in the town of nearly 3,000 during the weeks leading up to the revival services. The bags contained the Gospel of John, a tract, an invitation to the “Hopefest” revival services, a letter about the church’s preschool program, a church pen and business card, some hard candy, and various … [Read more...]
ERLC’s Moore responds to Christian talk radio concerns
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), recently responded to the concerns of Christian talk radio industry leaders, who challenged Moore’s apparent criticism of the industry in April. During an address at the ERLC’s Leadership Summit here, April 21-23, Moore made a statement about Christian talk radio that drew strong reactions from professionals in Christian talk radio. In his address, called … [Read more...]
Yeats’ SBC nomination to be made by MBTS’ Allen
BALTIMORE (BP) – Jason K. Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, will nominate John L. Yeats for an 18th term as recording secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) at the June 10-11 annual meeting in Baltimore. As executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention since 2011, Yeats has demonstrated leadership and love of Southern Baptists, Allen said. “Since coming to Midwestern Seminary, one of my great joys has been getting to know John Yeats and to … [Read more...]
MBTS president interviews Ronnie Floyd about SBC
Dr. Allen: It is a joy to welcome to the Spurgeon Room today Dr. Ronnie Floyd. Dr. Floyd, you are a friend, a colleague, a gospel laborer, and it is a joy to have you here today visiting about the Southern Baptist Convention. Welcome to the Spurgeon Room. Dr. Floyd: Thank you, Jason. It is great to be with you. I am so excited about all that God is doing at Midwestern, so it is a real privilege to be able to sit down and talk “Southern Baptist” with you and the future of the SBC. Dr. … [Read more...]
Mohler open to meeting with gay author
David roach/Baptist Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) — Through an exchange on Twitter, R. Albert Mohler Jr. has expressed his willingness to meet with author Matthew Vines, whose new book God and the Gay Christian argues that Scripture permits monogamous homosexual relationships. Four Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professors who contributed with Mohler to an e-book critiquing Vines also apparently have shared their interest on Twitter in meeting with him. Mohler, president of Southern … [Read more...]
LifeWay challenges churches to start 100,000 new Bible study groups
Bob Smietana/LifeWay Christian Resources NASHVILLE (BP) – LifeWay Christian Resources is challenging churches to start 100,000 new Bible study groups by the end of this year. The new groups initiative is a partnership between churches, state conventions and LifeWay. It’s designed to help longtime churchgoers jumpstart their faith and to help new believers grow spiritually, Bruce Raley, director of church education ministry for LifeWay, said. Whether they meet on Sunday mornings or … [Read more...]
SBC conservative icon Patterson honored
Ali Dixon/SEBTS WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) – In recognition of his past service as the school’s president, Paige Patterson has received the highest honor granted by Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS), the Presidential Award. Patterson, who has served as president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, since 2003, served as president of Southeastern from 1992 to 2003. He was presented with the award before preaching in chapel during the spring board … [Read more...]
Animated ‘CP Rant’ video targets younger generations
NASHVILLE (BP) – The new Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) “CP Rant” video communicates to younger generations the vitality and necessity of the Cooperative Program (CP), incorporating humor, fact and colloquial terms, said the team of Louisiana Baptists who produced the video. “This video presents the absurdity of NOT cooperating and defends the concept of CP through humor and in a way young adults, those who grew up in the ‘Seinfeld era,’ might enjoy and more readily understand,” Matt … [Read more...]
ERLC’s Moore, Obama discuss immigration
WASHINGTON (BP) – Southern Baptist ethicist Russell D. Moore and other religious leaders have met with President Obama to discuss the continuing effort to pass immigration reform this year. The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission president joined Obama and others in an oval office meeting April 15 as the attempt to reform the immigration system awaits action in the U.S. House of Representatives. Flaws in both the system and its enforcement have resulted in an estimated 11 million to … [Read more...]
Golden Gate Seminary sells campus
Ben M. Skaug/Baptist Press MILL VALLEY, Calif. (BP) – Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary has reached a sale agreement for all its campus property in Mill Valley, Calif., and has initiated relocation of its primary campus to Southern California. In a special gathering of faculty, students and staff, President Jeff Iorg announced the agreement with North Coast Land Holdings. The seminary’s board of trustees approved the sale agreement unanimously. “The final sale agreement will … [Read more...]
Committee on Resolutions named for 2014 SBC
BALTIMORE (BP) – Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) President Fred Luter has named the members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 10-11 SBC annual meeting in Baltimore. Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, appointed the committee in keeping with the provision in SBC Bylaw 20 that its members be named 75 days prior to the start of the annual meeting. Luter named David Dykes of Texas as committee chairman. Dykes is pastor of Green Acres Baptist Church in … [Read more...]
Response: Phelps Ordination
Letter to the Editor: I appreciated the article by J. Alan Branch in the April 8 issue of The Pathway where he told the sad story of the ordination of Fred Phelps by a Southern Baptist Church. It is the proverbial cautionary tale. His commentary is a call to Southern Baptists to better police our own ranks when it comes to who we ordain. It should never be a light matter for a congregation to call for the ordination of a man to the ministry. Neither should it be a light matter for a … [Read more...]
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