Prosthetics Ministry Opens Gospel Doors in East Asia | Baptist Press
Imagine the closest hospital isn’t just an ambulance ride away from your home. It’s a trek that requires multiple days and a 12-hour car ride on bumpy roads.
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Southern Baptists pass resolutions on the Great Commission work of women, the ethics of AI, and the office of pastor | Baptist Press
NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- On Tuesday afternoon (June 13), messengers to the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in New Orleans approved six resolutions, including ones on the legacy and responsibility of women fulfilling the Great Commission, the ethics of artificial intelligence, and the office of pastor.
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Send Network event shows churches the next step in planting | Baptist Press
NEW ORLEANS (BP) — Send Network, the North American Mission Board’s church planting arm, hosted pastors and church leaders Monday, June 12, at its NEXT event, which highlighted the kingdom impact local churches can make through church planting.
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Beatitudes spotlighted at Pastors’ Conference | Baptist Press
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Ministry can be a discouraging profession. But blessing is available for those who will cultivate the type of character Jesus described in the Beatitudes, said speakers on day two of the SBC Pastors’ Conference June 12.
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SBC Messengers to Vote on Proposed Amendment Solidifying Ban on Women Pastors in Denomination
Messengers in the Southern Baptist Convention will have the opportunity to vote on a measure that would prevent a woman from serving as a pastor of any kind within the denomination, the SBC Executive ...
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Rick Warren says Saddleback Church disagrees with ‘only 1 word’ in SBC doctrine: men
Ahead of the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in New Orleans this week, Saddleback Church founder Rick Warren stressed that he agrees with all of the denomination s beliefs except for its ...
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Before Advocating for Women in Ministry, Rick Warren Split With SBC Over Global Fellowship
Rick Warren has been mounting a public campaign as he urges Southern Baptists to not kick out churches for ordaining women ministers. While his advocacy sparked recent profiles, that coverage leaves out an earlier time when Warren publicly broke with the SBC over its attempt to draw narrower lines for fellowship.
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With Turning Point Faith, Pastors Use Politics as a Church-Growth Strategy
For a growing number of evangelical pastors, embracing right-wing rhetoric is seen as a way to put more people in the pews — and it may be working.
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Terrebonne to be nominated for SBC 2VP | Baptist Press
NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- South Louisiana pastor Shane Terrebonne will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention this week at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting.
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Stephen Rummage to lead 2023 SBC Pastors’ Conference | Baptist Press
NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Oklahoma pastor Stephen Rummage, an author and preaching professor, was elected president of the 2024 SBC Pastors’ Conference by acclamation June 12 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
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Humility, mourning extolled as Pastors’ Conference opens | Baptist Press
NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- The world’s standards of success are no way for a pastor to measure his ministry, according to the opening session of the 2023 SBC Pastors’ Conference. Instead, he must cultivate a countercultural Kingdom character.
