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Southern Baptist leaders share vision for entities at critical moments

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Riverside, Calif. | The Southern Baptist International Mission Board will focus on five goals over the next five years, President Paul Chitwood announced during meetings with trustees Jan. 29-30. The targets are built around IMB’s vision and mission to engage unreached people and places. One of the goals is to send an additional 500 fully […]

Amid political discord, Greear urges Midwest leaders to put the mission first

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Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear addressed the country’s hostile political climate, and the church’s place in it, at a gathering of more than 1,000 Baptist leaders from the Midwest. Evangelism is the core calling of the church, Greear told leaders gathered in Springfield for the 2020 Midwest Leadership Summit. That means we have to […]

Southern Baptists in the north strategize for gospel advance

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Leaders from multiple Baptist state conventions will gather in Springfield Jan. 21-23 for a three-day training experience focused on reaching more people with the gospel in the midwestern U.S. The Midwest Leadership Summit, held every other year, brings together Baptists who know well the spiritual need in the region. In Illinois, almost 1,000 Southern Baptist […]

Northwest Convention head to face Mohler for SBC presidency

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A group of Southern Baptists has announced their intention to nominate Randy Adams, executive director of the Northwest Baptist Convention (NWBC), as president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Adams’ intended nomination will be brought to messengers at the SBC annual meeting June 9-10 in Orlando, Fla. Albert Mohler, president of Southern Seminary, was announced in […]

State rep. wants you to pray for Springfield

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State representative Dave Severin says Illinois lawmakers need prayer. So, he’s urging churches to sign up and sit in the House gallery when the legislature is in session. The Republican from Marion, who is a member of Whittington Baptist Church, says the idea came to him last June as he was driving home following the […]