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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SBC Meeting Opens with Patriotism, Drops Attempt to Decry Jan. 6
During the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, speakers wrestle with issues of patriotism and the Gospel. But a planned resolution to denounce the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol was pulled.
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Ed Litton, a Pastor Known for Racial Reconciliation, is Surprise Winner for SBC President
Ed Litton, the relatively unknown senior pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama, defeated two preeminent rivals to be elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention during a session of the SBC’s annual meeting Tuesday.
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Finding God’s calling at the Women & Work Forum | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – Women gathered Tuesday (June 15) for the 2021 Women & Work forum to receive encouragement as they seek the Lord’s calling and work confidently in a world of discouragement.
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Southern Baptist evangelists focus on family with Huckabee, Penrod | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – As a musician since the age of 11, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told Southern Baptist evangelists he knows the first thing he has to do when he picks up an instrument is to tune it so each note sounds like it should.
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SBC Ministers’ Wives Luncheon: Steadfast in Hope | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – Gathered at tables with hearts prepared for fellowship, women received teaching and encouragement in their battles against discouragement at the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention’s Ministers’ Wives Luncheon Tuesday (June 15).
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Motion spurs task force to oversee EC review | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – Messengers to the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting overwhelmingly approved a motion calling for a task force to oversee a third-party investigation into allegations of mishandling abuse claims at the SBC Executive Committee.
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Ronnie Floyd calls on So. Baptists to focus on Great Commission
As the Southern Baptist Convention grapples with a slew of hot-button issues, Ronnie Floyd, president of the SBC s Executive Committee, stressed to the thousands gathered at the annual meeting that ...
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JD Greear urges Southern Baptists not to engage in Pharisee hypocrisy on sexual abuse, racism and CRT
Outgoing Southern Baptist Convention President J D Greear warned the largest Protestant denomination in the United States against being Pharisee-like hypocrites on issues pertaining to sexual abuse, ...
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At Founders Event, Southern Baptists Urged to Choose Bible over ‘Paganism,’ CRT
Southern Baptists worried about “liberal drift” in their denomination heard warnings about “paganism” and worldly ideologies like critical race theory. About 1,000 people attended the Founders Ministries gathering Monday ahead of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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Two-day Send Conference emphasizes unity, mission and Gospel focus | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – After featuring several prominent pastors and speakers from across the nation, the Send Conference concluded Monday evening (June 14). Jointly hosted by the North American Mission Board (NAMB) and the International Mission Board (IMB), the conference’s theme “Together on Mission” was designed to unite Southern Baptists around…
