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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Worship sets the tone at SBC meeting | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – On June 15-16, the Southern Baptist Convention gathered for business proceedings and voting sessions. But before the meetings could begin, attendees refocused their hearts on a greater purpose, Jesus Christ, through a time of worship.
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Largest SBC gathering in 25 years spurred by first-time messengers, geographical proximity to Nashville | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – Last week’s 2021 SBC Annual Meeting was the largest since 1995, and much of that had to do with the location and the involvement of first-time messengers to the convention.
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FIRST-PERSON: Theological liberalism in the SBC? | Baptist Press
LANCASTER, S.C. (BP) – I attended a liberal religious college.
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FIRST-PERSON: Rescuing resolutions | Baptist Press
FARMERSVILLE, Texas (BP) – Last week, I encountered at the SBC annual meeting (not for the first time) the idea that the Southern Baptist Convention ought to do away entirely with the resolutions process. The sentiment is widely held, deeply held and rationally held. The underlying rationale, if I might…
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Seminary presidents report growth amid challenges in reports to messengers | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – Presidents of the six Southern Baptist seminaries gave reports to messengers and guests attending the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting Wednesday (June 16). A common theme of the reports was God’s faithfulness during the challenges of 2020. Below are summaries of each report submitted by the seminaries. IORG:…
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Past presidents say SBC must refocus on evangelism, missions and prayer | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – The SBC’s future hinges on a reemphasis on evangelism and missions, four former presidents agreed during a panel discussion before the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting.
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Pastor charged with sex offenses | Baptist Press
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (BP) – A North Carolina pastor has resigned after appearing before a judge Thursday (June 17).
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‘Historical awareness,’ ‘spirit of reconciliation’: Churches across US observe Juneteenth
Churches across the United States are hosting events to celebrate Juneteenth, which celebrates the official end of slavery in the country after the American Civil War
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SBC encourages churches to ‘permanently disqualify’ pastors who commit sex abuse
Messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting approved a resolution encouraging churches within the nation's largest Protestant denomination to permanently disqualify pastors who have committed sexual abuse from pastoring a church
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SBC messengers approve task force for sex abuse investigation after leaders rejected expanded review
Two days after the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee rejected a motion to create a task force to oversee a third-party investigation of allegations SBC leaders mishandled a “crisis of sexual abuse” in the denomination, messengers overwhelmingly approved a motion to do just that on Wednesday.
