New Mexico Children’s Home Offering Seminary for Houseparents | Baptist Press
PORTALES, N.M. (BP) – Some ideas are so simple, so needed and so good, it’s hard to figure out why it took so long to think of them.
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Before Dropping Petition, SBU Sought to Block Discovery of Evidence
Trustees for Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri, last week dropped their proposed new governing documents amid a five-month court challenge. But before they did, SBU’s attorney filed several motions, including an attack on Word&Way.
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UMC advises churches to end charters with Boy Scouts amid sex abuse lawsuit settlement
The United Methodist Church, a denomination that sponsors thousands of Boy Scout troops, recently told congregations to consider ending or altering their current agreements with the Boy Scouts of ...
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SBU Drops New Governing Document Amid Court Challenge
Less than a year after approving new governing documents to give greater legal control to the Missouri Baptist Convention, the trustees at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri, pulled the new articles of agreement. The move leaves the school’s older articles in place and ends a six-month legal conflict.
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Oklahoma pastor retires after six decades at one church | Baptist Press
COOKIETOWN, Okla. (BP) – Arbuary Ritter has led Union Valley Baptist Church in Randlett in southwest Oklahoma for 60 years. Many believe him to be the longest-tenured pastor among Oklahoma Baptists and perhaps in the whole Southern Baptist Convention. He announced his retirement earlier this month.
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5 Extremely Cringe Sermon Illustrations It’s Time to Retire for Good
Sermons are hard, and we're not here to pretend otherwise. They're much harder than people give pastors credit for. Keeping your congregation not only
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Mississippi, Texas see budget increases, anticipate strong CP | Baptist Press
Southern Baptists in Mississippi and in Texas anticipate increased giving and increased ministry in 2022. At meetings this week, the executive boards of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (MBCB) and the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC) approved larger budgets, designated financial gifts for disaster relief and prayer and forged…
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Bible Study: Our legacy in building God’s Kingdom | Baptist Press
The prophet Elijah is a model for us in seeing beyond ourselves. When God told him to enlist Elisha to carry on his mission, Elijah didn’t hesitate, but looked beyond his own life in obeying God.
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Churches deliver food, friendship to homebound residents | Baptist Press
EASTMAN, Ga. (BP) – It sounded like a family reunion on the porch of 80-year-old Robert Smith’s house last week when a pair of Southern Baptist volunteers showed up with a grilled chicken lunch, complete with mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli.
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SBTC board affirms NAMB collaboration, elects leaders | Baptist Press
GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) – A new church-planting collaboration with the North American Mission Board, the election of two ministry staff leaders and the posthumous conferral of the Leaders Legacy Award upon Jimmy D. Pritchard highlighted the Tuesday (Aug. 24) meeting of the executive board of the Southern Baptists of Texas…
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CP increase, restructure approved by North Carolina Baptists’ executive committee | Baptist Press
CARY, N.C. (BP) – The executive committee of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina’s board of directors unanimously approved a restructuring plan for the state convention Tuesday (Aug. 24), aimed at prioritizing the needs of local churches and associations across the state.
