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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Edward Graham credits brave volunteers for reaching 9M children with the Gospel despite COVID-19
Edward Graham, the grandson of the late evangelist Billy Graham, who serves as assistant to the vice president of international relations at Samaritan's Purse, testified to the bravery of Operation Christmas Child volunteers who helped share the Gospel with 9 million children as the world shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FIRST-PERSON: Unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace | Baptist Press
In the hours after my election as SBC president, there certainly were a great number of things to do and new places to be. The Lord allowed me moments in the hallways to meet and greet Southern Baptists at their best. There were those who heartily congratulated me. Yet the…
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Supreme Court denies NAMB petition, case remanded to District Court | Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Supreme Court of the United States denied a petition by the North American Mission Board to review its ongoing case involving a lawsuit filed by a former Southern Baptist state executive director.
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WMU illustrates value of children’s missions discipleship | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – “We have more knowledge at our fingertips than ever before, but our kids and grandkids still need us to teach them about certain things, and missions is one of those things,” said Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director of national WMU, as she addressed messengers and guests at the…
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FIRST-PERSON: A few highlights from 2021 SBC Annual Meeting | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – While the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting is now part of our history, let’s not forget a few of the great highlights. We each will remember some things personally and we will discover others as we dialogue with friends. I want to share a few special highlights I…
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As ex-megachurch leader Kirbyjon Caldwell reports to prison, wife says she ‘cried a river’
Suzette Caldwell, the wife of Kirbyjon Caldwell who formerly led the 14-000 member Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Texas, says she cried a river as her husband began a six-year prison term ...
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VBS attendees donate 2,500 books for Read Georgia initiative | Baptist Press
BUFORD, Ga. – Statistics show the future can be dire for disadvantaged children who grow up without books in their homes.
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Can a Tender-Hearted President Solve the Southern Baptists’ Trust Problem?
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination is based on voluntary cooperation by more than 40,000 churches. That cooperation is threatened by growing distrust of national leaders.
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Women gather at SBC to celebrate theological scholarship | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – In a spirit of gratitude and enthusiasm for how the Lord is bringing women together through scholarship across Southern Baptist seminaries, more than 30 women met together the day before the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting. The June 14 meeting was the first of its kind tied to…
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FIRST-PERSON: The Christian life as Sabbath rest | Baptist Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (BP) – “Why haven’t I heard this before? Is this some new doctrine you have created?” That’s the reaction I got from a friend the other day while talking about Hebrews chapter four.
