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International Mission Board’s videos highlight missions stats

International Mission Board’s videos highlight missions stats

March 22, 2021

RICHMOND, Va. (BP) – A new collection of nine videos featuring statistics from each of the nine global affinities mapped out by Southern Baptists’ International…

Mississippi Baptist pastor Durbin to be nominated at SBC annual meeting

Mississippi Baptist pastor Durbin to be nominated at SBC annual meeting

March 19, 2021

Georgia church releases statement after member is suspected in massacre that left eight people dead

ACCUSED SHOOTER – Robert Aaron Long, 21, was arrested March 16 for allegedly shooting eight people to death across two counties in Georgia earlier that day. Long, who told investigators he was headed to Florida, led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase before his vehicle was disabled. (Photos courtesy of Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia)

Georgia church releases statement after member is suspected in massacre that left eight people dead

March 18, 2021

FIRST PERSON: Darkness serves as powerful lesson for missionary couple

DAY IN THE LIFE — A Kurdish woman in an unidentified region of Central Asia begins evening meal preparation. The Kurds, 18 million people strong, are mostly unengaged and unreached with the Gospel. (IMB photo).

FIRST PERSON: Darkness serves as powerful lesson for missionary couple

March 18, 2021

LIFEWAY RESEARCH: U.S. pastors overwhelmingly view gender change as immoral

LIFEWAY RESEARCH: U.S. pastors overwhelmingly view gender change as immoral

March 16, 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.”