• 19 motions presented at New Orleans SBC

  Messengers offered 19 motions during the opening day of the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in New Orleans June 1. All but one were referred to SBC entities or ruled out of order.

  06/23/2012 - By Administrator

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  Next CBF leader must keep focus on missions, Texas Baptists counsel

  To retain the support of Baptists west of the Mississippi River, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship must focus on missions, not become distracted by divisive hot-button issues such as gay rights, some Texas Baptist pastors attending the CBF general assembly noted. And they see the selection of the organization’s next executive staff leader as pivotal.

  06/23/2012 - By Administrator

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  CBF enters year of transition

  The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship looks forward to an “in-between year” characterized by implementation of a new identity statement and a search for a successor to retiring CBF Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal, the group’s incoming moderator said.

  06/23/2012 - By Administrator

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  Millennials losing their religion, walk away from church

  Studies show young adults are leaving the church in record numbers. The reasons they leave are complicated, and experts wonder how many of them are ever coming back.

  06/22/2012 - By Administrator

• SBC resolutions address sinner’s prayer, gay marriage

  Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention approved resolutions reaffirming their convictions regarding the means of salvation and a literal Adam and Eve, while stating their opposition to rhetoric that equates gay rights with the civil rights of racial and ethnic minorities.

  06/22/2012 - By Administrator

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  Young snake handlers grasp the dangerous power of faith

  Andrew Hamblin, 21, pastor of Tabernacle Church of God in LaFollette, Tenn., is part of a new generation of serpent-handling Christians who are revitalizing a century-old faith tradition in Tennessee.

   

  06/22/2012 - By Administrator

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  Singer discovers redemption, restoration in Christ

  As Heather Williams shares about the redemption and restoration she found in a relationship with Christ, she displays character and strength far beyond her years.

  06/22/2012 - By Administrator

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  CBF chaplains see gains

  About 600 CBF-endorsed chaplains are a signficant but often overlooked presence, says a group that meets at the CBF General Assembly.

  06/22/2012 - By Administrator

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  CBF to vote on identity plan

  The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship votes June 22 on a new model for identity, governance and financial support intended to guide the moderate Baptist group formed in 1991 for the next 20 years.

  06/22/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist leaders in London prepare for Olympics

  Doug Shaw, Olympics volunteer coordinator for Southern Baptists' International Mission Board, has been in motion for months  in London preparing Baptists to meet the tens of thousands of sports fans going to the United Kingdom this summer.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Pray for Olympic athletes by name

  As Athletes in Action prepares for multiple outreach opportunities during the 2012 London Olympic Games, the organization not only has requested general prayer for the Road2London Olympic Project, but also has begun enlisting prayer partners to pray for athletes by name.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Catholic, mainline churches losing great proportion of childhood adherents

  One in four young adults choose "unaffiliated" when asked about their religion, according to a new report from the Public Religion Research Institute and Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator