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For his "significant efforts in publicly promoting and defending religious liberty," R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, received the 2015 Edwin Meese III Originalism and Religious Liberty Award from the Alliance Defending Freedom, May 15.
Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 1.39 percent above the year-to-date SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget projection and 1.89 percent above contributions received during the same time frame last year.
The Nigerian military rescued a second set of female captives April 29 from the Sambisa Forest stronghold of Boko Haram in northeastern Borno state, just one day after securing more than 200 girls and 93 women from the same area, the Associated Press reported. But the Chibok school girls are not believed to be among the rescued.
A Washington state great-grandmother, who was ordered to pay $1,001 to the state for refusing to create a flower arrangement for a long-time customer's same-sex wedding, has reportedly raised more than $100,000 from supporters.
Recently the North American Mission Board shared Southern Baptist church plants were up 5 percent in 2014. "We still have a lot of catching up to do because our church planting efforts lost pace with population growth decades ago, but hopefully last year's increase will begin a new trend," says Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board.
Ronnie Floyd recounts his spiritual journey in prayer, missions, stewardship and other facets of the Christian life now undergirding his role as president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Robby Gallaty said his journey to passionate discipleship began in 1995 when a college friend shared the Gospel with him. "I rejected the Gospel. ... But I will remember the seeds that he sowed in my life. God would bring that to fruition seven years later," Gallaty said during a discipleship conference in Clemmons, N.C.
Emphasizing missions may be a more fitting way to observe St. Patrick's Day than wearing green and hailing Irish culture. That's because the March 17 celebration marks the traditional death date of Patrick of Ireland, the fifth century Christian who was instrumental in spreading the Gospel to the Irish.
In this week's Call to Prayer, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson shares about the loss of a dear friend and why personal evangelism still counts.
Woman's Missionary Union selected six teens to serve as 2015 National Acteens Panelists based on their commitment to missions and participation and leadership in their Acteens group, church, school and community.
