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Blalock gives details on ARITF work, Barber names replacement member

February 24, 2023 By Timothy Cockes

Marshall Blalock, Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force chairman, presents an update to the SBC Executive Committee on Feb. 20 in Nashville. (Baptist Press/Brandon Porter)

Marshall Blalock says it was a long process to recommend Guidepost Solutions to the SBC Credentials Committee as the firm which would establish and maintain a “Ministry Check” website database for those credibly accused of sexual abuse. Blalock is the chair of the SBC Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force. “It was a multi-step process,” Blalock […]

Louisiana pastor to nominate Barber for second term as SBC president

February 13, 2023 By Baptist Press

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Trinity Baptist Church pastor Steven James announced Feb. 13 his intent to re-nominate Texas pastor Bart Barber for SBC president at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans this June. Barber was elected to the position for the first time at last summer’s gathering in Anaheim. James and Barber know one another well due […]

Luter: ‘Authentic racial unity’ goal of Unify Project

February 13, 2023 By Tom Strode

Top clockwise -- Ed Litton, Brent Leatherwood, and Fred Luter.

An “authentic racial unity” in the Southern Baptist Convention that offers evidence to other sectors of American life of what is possible on the issue is a goal of the Unify Project, Fred Luter, the lone African American to serve as SBC president, told an online audience Feb. 9. Luter, the project’s co-chair, said of […]

IBSA camps prepare for summer, Streator seeks staff & volunteers

February 13, 2023 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Camps prepare for summer

Despite the current weather forecast, summer is coming soon. Streator Baptist Camp is seeking staff members to serve during the busy season that will see hundreds of children and teens enjoy multiple weeks of disciple-making camps. “We are prayerfully seeking workers to serve alongside us as we show the love of Jesus through camp ministry,” […]

Turkey quakes’ death toll rising, Baptists responding

February 7, 2023 By Brandon Porter, Baptist Press

Rescue workers search for survivors on a collapsed building in Malatya, Turkey, Tuesday, (Feb. 7). Search teams and aid are pouring into Turkey and Syria as rescuers working in freezing temperatures dig through the remains of buildings flattened by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Rescue efforts are still underway as the death toll continues to climb following strong earthquakes on Monday, February 6 near the border of Turkey and Syria. As of Wednesday morning, February 8, government officials say more than 11,000 people have been killed by the quakes and aftershocks. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that more […]

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Meredith Flynn

Spectators or participants?

Meredith Flynn

My church is in a season of refocusing on prayer. Every Sunday before the sermon, we break into small groups and pray together. One of the goals of this emphasis, our pastor has said, is to move from being spectators of prayer to participants in it. Last season, the football team I have followed and […]

Nate Adams

Good new days

Nate Adams

We all have “good old days” in our lives. They may be the days when we felt most successful or appreciated, or when things were done the way we agreed with or liked, or when those we respected were in charge. Most of us have good old days in our churches too. Days when our […]

How we can speak to men in the abortion conversation

Justin Mullins

As a pastor, father and follower of Christ, I have often found myself with a heavy heart when I think and pray about abortion. I’m saddened. I’m sickened. I’m burdened for the life of preborn children who are precious in the sight of God. And I have a deep conviction that there’s more that I […]

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Study shows Hispanic churches are young, vibrant, and growing

Lifeway Research

A new survey of Hispanic churches shows their attenders are younger and more evangelistic than at other Protestant churches—and there are more of them in worship on any given Sunday. Together with two dozen other religious organizations, Lifeway Research polled 692 pastors of churches that are at least 50% Hispanic for the largest survey of […]

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Hunt sues SBC, EC and Guidepost

Brandon Porter, Baptist Press

Longtime pastor and former SBC President Johnny Hunt has filed suit against the SBC, the SBC Executive Committee (EC) and Guidepost Solutions. The suit seeks unspecified damages related to allegations of defamation and the invasion of privacy based on accusations made against Hunt in the 2022 Guidepost report stemming from an investigation into the alleged […]

SBC aids largest people displacement in history

Stetzer leaves Wheaton to lead Biola’s theology school

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Sallateeska baptism demonstrates SBC connections

Baptist Press

(Ed. Note—In our July issue, we reported that Illinois’s very own Sandy Wisdom-Martin told the story of her brother’s recent baptism during her WMU presentation at the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Anaheim. We thought we you would appreciate this longer account that shows God’s fingerprints through multiple SBC connections. It’s too good to miss.) […]

A first-time ministry to migrant workers is very fruitful

FIRST-PERSON: A once-feared tribe now spreads the Gospel

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