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  Wiley Drake offers to run as Trump VP

  Wiley Drake, former second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said an unnamed staff member of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign told him Trump might ask him to be his running mate. (BNG)

  04/06/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  New Jersey pastor chosen as BWA chief administrative officer at UN

  The Baptist World Alliance named Darrell Armstrong, an African-American pastor from New Jersey, its chief administrative officer at the United Nations.

  04/05/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Advocates seek systemic change in criminal justice issues

  In 1999, Baptist minister Alan Bean founded Friends of Justice and assumed the role of prophet and advocate for criminal justice reform. (BNG)

  03/29/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  David Crosby to be nominated for SBC president

  Pastor David Crosby of New Orleans will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention, former SBC President Fred Luter said.

  03/24/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Overcome critics with kindness, Tyler’s Dykes urges Christians

  “You may create enemies because of your position, but you should never create enemies because of your disposition,” insisted David Dykes, pastor of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler.
  

  03/24/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  IMB: Decreased baptisms and church starts due to record-keeping changes

  Decreases in the number of baptisms and new churches reported by International Mission Board missionaries during the past decade reflect changes in data-reporting methods and missions strategy, not a lack of evangelistic ministry, IMB leaders insisted.

  03/22/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  BWAid director resigns

  Rothangliani Chhangte updated Baptist World Aid’s policy framework, revised its operations handbook and approved its application, monitoring, evaluation and reporting processes

  03/17/2016 - By Marv Knox

• Steve Gaines to be SBC president nominee

  Steve Gaines, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn., will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Georgia pastor Johnny Hunt announced March 9.

  03/09/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Trade ‘the talk’ for transparency in sex ed, Baptist minister says

  LeAnn Gardner shares a lot of uncomfortable information with the churches she visits. She delivers eye-opening insights in her eight-hour workshop called Sexual Awareness and Family Empowerment—SAFE. (BNG)

  03/07/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  WorldCrafts adds new artisan group and products

  WorldCrafts, the fair-trade initiative of Woman’s Missionary Union, has added a new artisan group in Cambodia and 25 new products this year.

  03/04/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  IMB must mobilize ‘ordinary Christians’ for missions, Platt insists

  Southern Baptists’ International Mission Board must mobilize “ordinary Christians”—students, retirees and professionals whose jobs take them overseas—to work alongside full-time vocational missionaries, IMB President David Platt told an Internet audience.

  03/03/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Paige Patterson named to Cruz advisory panel

  Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has been named to a Religious Liberty Advisory Council created by Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican presidential candidate. BNG

  03/03/2016 - By Ken Camp