War-weary Ukrainians plant 160 churches across Europe
European Christian Mission International (ECMI) reports that 160 churches have been planted across Europe by displaced Ukrainians in the four years since Russia invaded their country.
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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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WMU testimonies highlight how ‘abiding in Christ’ brings ‘abundant hope’ | Baptist Press
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Abiding in Christ brings abundant hope, said WMU leaders at the 2023 Woman’s Missionary Union Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting. Held June 11-12 at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary campus, this year’s theme was “Hope in Christ,” based on Romans 12:12.
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Associational leaders pass budget for full-time staff, hear from ARITF leaders | Baptist Press
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – For the first time since the organization’s formation in 1960, the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders voted to approve a budget that allows for full-time staff during their annual meeting on June 11-12 in New Orleans.
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SBC Asian Collective NextGen pastors encouraged to look at counseling as part of discipleship | Baptist Press
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – More than 100 Asian pastors and their families were encouraged to lean into counseling as part of the discipleship process at an SBC Asian Collective NextGen luncheon held on June 12 in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans.
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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.
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Over Half of Pastors List Armed Congregants as Part of Plans to Confront Active Shooter: Report
As numerous fatal shootings have occurred at churches in recent years, fewer pastors say their churches have intentional plans for active-shooter situations compared to three years ago, while more ...
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‘Unity Weekend’: Churches nationwide preach on racial unity to show ‘oneness in Christ’
Seeking to foster racial unity in the United States, churches nationwide are preaching a message of racial harmony through Christ this weekend as part of an initiative known as Unity Weekend
