
SBC DIGEST: Mississippi, N.C. Baptists’ budget overages benefit partners | Baptist Press
Mississippi Baptists give $813,635 beyond budget to support North American missions; N.C. Baptists surpass CP budget, offerings also up in 2021.

Mississippi Baptists give $813,635 beyond budget to support North American missions; N.C. Baptists surpass CP budget, offerings also up in 2021.

Recently, I was blessed to hear Bill Elliff speak on the subjects of prayer, revival and spiritual awakening. I was touched by his passion for something fresh from God to move in the lives of believers and in our churches.

Just ahead of Valentine’s Day, Jack Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, told his congregation how to become a “Romans 12 kind of Christian” and warned against conforming to the world.

Thousands of Catholics baptized into the faith by the Rev. Andres Arango, the former priest of St. Gregory Catholic Church in Phoenix, Arizona, will now have to redo their baptisms after Arango was found to have used an incorrect formula to carry out the sacrament.

Matt Chandler, the pastor of The Village Church in Texas, cautioned his congregation against succumbing to the “outrage of our day” and urged them to instead choose the kind of hope only Christians can possess.

What’s behind the exvangelical trend isn’t new. But it sheds new light on theology.

These white evangelicals want to make the former capital of the Confederacy into the capital of racial reconciliation.

Why are boomers and Gen X dropping out of church at higher rates than younger Christians?

We’re called not only to attend them, but also to throw them ourselves.
