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  Ezell presents five-year goals for NAMB

  Kevin Ezell, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board, presented a series of five-year goals for the missions agency, including more than doubling the number of Send Relief ministry centers.

  02/12/2020 - By Mike Ebert / North American Mission Board

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  NAMB defends lawsuit dismissal in appeals court

  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Feb. 6 over a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit against the North American Mission Board by a former executive of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware.

  02/11/2020 - By George Schroeder / Baptist Press

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  Southern Baptists remember 50th anniversary of Asbury revival

  Southern Baptists who recall a historic revival that swept through Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 50 years ago say remembering what God did in the midst of one divisive period of American history should motivate believers to pray for it again.

  02/05/2020 - By Tobin Perry / Baptist Press

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  GuideStone announces release of Ministers’ Tax Guide

  GuideStone has released the 2020 Ministers’ Tax Guide for 2019 Returns. It includes changes based on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the current status of minister’s housing allowance after the recent 2019 litigation.

  02/03/2020 - By Holly Taylor / Baptist Press

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  WMU ministries touch countries ‘from A to Z’

  National Woman’s Missionary Union leaders emphasized the organization’s global reach during reports to the WMU board meeting in mid-January.

  02/03/2020 - By Julie Walters / Woman's Missionary Union

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  Chitwood announces IMB five-year plan

  Paul Chitwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, announced the mission agency’s five-year plan during meetings with trustees Jan. 29-30 in Riverside, Calif.

  02/03/2020 - By Ken Camp

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  Durbin to be nominee for SBC 2nd VP

  Dusty Durbin, pastor of Big Level Baptist Church in Wiggins, Miss., will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

  01/27/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Northwest Baptist Convention exec nominee for SBC president

  A group of Southern Baptists announced Jan. 14 their intention to nominate Randy Adams, executive director of the Northwest Baptist Convention, as president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

  01/16/2020 - By Tess Schoonhoven / Baptist Press

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  Rumors linking Soros to Evangelical Immigration Table disputed

  Persistent rumors linking the Evangelical Immigration Table and Southern Baptists’ Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission to progressive billionaire George Soros prompted Baptist Press to publish an “explainer” disputing those claims.

  01/10/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Feinstein to be nominated for SBC 2nd vice president

  Stephen Feinstein, pastor of Sovereign Way Christian Church in Hesperia, Calif., will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the SBC annual meeting in June 2020 in Orlando.

  01/06/2020 - By Baptist Press Staff

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  Sex abuse response, entity transitions top 2019 SBC stories

  Southern Baptists marked a year of transitions at several national entities in 2019, and they launched an initiative to help churches care for individuals affected by sexual abuse and harassment.

  12/23/2019 - By Tobin Perry / Baptist Press

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  Baptist Friendship House a beacon of hope for 75 years

  For the vulnerable and the hurting, Baptist Friendship House has stood as a beacon of hope in the heart of New Orleans for 75 years. For the past 20-plus years, Kay Bennett has played a key role in sharing that hope with area residents in need.

  12/23/2019 - By Trennis Henderson / Woman's Missionary Union