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MAGNOLIA MINDS: Living with thorns

January 4, 2022

By Austin Woodward What kind of thorns are pricking you? Probably a weird question if you’re not a gardener (and maybe it still is a…

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Fighting Over Ice Cream

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Fighting Over Ice Cream

December 13, 2021

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Be Ordinary

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Be Ordinary

December 3, 2021

MAGNOLIA MINDS: The Power of Presence

MAGNOLIA MINDS: The Power of Presence

November 29, 2021

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Something went wrong

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Something went wrong

November 15, 2021

Messengers celebrate 100 years
of Cooperative Program giving
DALLAS (BP) — During the June 10 afternoon session of the SBC annual meeting in Dallas, SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg led messengers in celebrating 100 years of Cooperative Program giving. Referencing Joshua 4, he shared the story of God instructing His people to gather 12 commemorative stones from the Jordan River and to create a memorial to the miracle of God, who stopped the river so the Israelites could cross on dry ground. The memorial had two purposes, Iorg said. First, it was a reminder in verses 6-9 to celebrate a historic event when the river stopped flowing, and they walked on dry ground. Second, in verses 6-7, it was an object lesson for future generations. In a similar way, throughout this convention, Southern Baptists are erecting memorial stones of 100 years of cooperation demonstrated through the Cooperative Program, Iorg said. “We point to missionaries sent, churches started, students educated, institutions built and most of all, people saved because Southern Baptists have contributed more than $20 billion through the Cooperative Program in the past 100 years.”