IBSA News

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NAMB’s Annie Offering exceeds $70 million, new all-time high giving milestone

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Denver | North American Mission Board (NAMB) President Kevin Ezell announced Monday evening that in 2023 Southern Baptists gave an all-time record $70.2 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) for North American missions. Ezell shared the news during the annual fall meeting of NAMB’s board of trustees in Denver. For six of the […]

Teams move into Maui after wildfires

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Maui, Hawaii | As wildfires raged out of control in Lahaina, local churches on the Hawaiian island of Maui that were outside the burn area immediately began grappling how they would respond. “We’re not going back to normal,” Pastor Jay Haynes of Kahului Baptist Church said. “There’s not really ‘going back to normal.’ There’s no […]

Lifeway reverses course, pauses shutdown of LifewayWorship.com

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Nashville, Tenn. | In an interview on the SBC This Week podcast, Lifeway president Ben Mandrell announced the resource provider would not shutter LifewayWorship.com as originally planned but instead would enter into a time of discussion with worship leaders around the country on the best path forward for churches. “Our job at Lifeway is to […]

Serve Tour + Crossover brings Gospel hope, tangible help to the Big Easy

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Southern Baptist seminary students walked the streets, presenting the hope of the Gospel. Churches hosted block parties for their neighbors. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) held an appreciation event for local law enforcement. These events barely scratch the surface of all that took place during the Serve Tour + Crossover outreach events for New […]

Rummage to be nominated for 2024 SBC Pastors’ Conference presidency

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Oklahoma pastor Stephen Rummage will be nominated at the 2023 SBC Pastors’ Conference for the presidency of next year’s pastors’ conference by Tennessee pastor Adam Dooley. Rummage currently serves as the senior pastor of Quail Springs Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. “I cannot imagine a better choice to lead next year’s SBC Pastors’ Conference than […]