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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Tobin Perry |Arlene Sanabria |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): Churches and MinistryFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: BOULDER, Colo. (BP) — Men have outpaced women in church attendance the past three years, reversing a longstanding trend of more women in the pews that narrowed in 2016, Barna said in its 2025 State of the Church release, created in partnership with Gloo. Women had outpaced men in attendance since 2000, then at 47 percent to 38 percent, before men began outpacing women in 2022, at 35 percent to 30 percent.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Tobin Perry |Arlene Sanabria |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Format(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: I listened to the burden of a pastor friend of mine who, through their broken heart, shared the story of a child who has strayed from faith. I have many other friends who tell the same story—they’ve devoted their lives to ministry, only to witness a child of their own take steps away from God. This opens up difficult questions:Have I neglected my children in the pursuit of kingdom leadership? Am I still qualified to lead? What do I do?
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Tobin Perry |Arlene Sanabria |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
DALLAS (BP) — Organizers of Crossover 25 are urging Southern Baptists nationwide to pray as preparations ramp up for this year’s evangelistic outreach on June 2-8. Held annually in the host city of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Annual Meeting, Crossover brings churches together to share the Gospel with residents during the week before the Annual Meeting.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Tobin Perry |Arlene Sanabria |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): Church Planting, Churches and Ministry, EvangelismFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: Kindness and acceptance were not things David usually experienced in his interactions with other people. Despite being described as covered in tattoos and looking “scary,” that’s what was shown to him when he attended Port Arthur City Church on the first day it launched as a church plant last year.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Tobin Perry |Arlene Sanabria |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): Abortion, ERLC, Sanctity of LifeFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention has initiated a strategic effort to leverage the current Republican majorities in Congress and the executive branch to defund Planned Parenthood by eliminating the organization’s federal funding.
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1 month ago | 
texanonline.net | Arlene Sanabria |Aaron Earls |Jayson Larson
LEWISVILLE—Si hubiera una palabra para resumir Apoderados, la sesión en español de la conferencia anual Empower de la Convención de los Bautistas del Sur de Texas, sería “más”. Con poco más de 500 asistentes que representaban a 66 iglesias, Apoderados atrajo a más asistentes que nunca, lo que indica que un número cada vez mayor de iglesias hispanas de la SBTC están deseosas de estar equipadas para cumplir la Gran Comisión.
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1 month ago | 
texanonline.net | Arlene Sanabria |Aaron Earls |Jayson Larson
LEWISVILLE—If there was a word to summarize Apoderados—the Spanish session of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention’s annual Empower Conference—it would be “more.”With just over 500 attendees representing 66 churches, Apoderados drew more attendees than ever, indicating an increasing number of Hispanic SBTC churches are eager to be equipped to fulfill the Great Commission. Likewise, 150 couples—more than any other year—attended the dinner for pastors and wives that kicks off the annual event.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
texanonline.net | Arlene Sanabria |Jayson Larson
July 24, 2024. That’s the day Maribel Chávez’s whole world changed. Her husband, José, had left the couple’s home on a Monday to run what she expected would be a relatively quick errand. But as the hours passed and he had not returned home, she began to worry. A day passed. Still no sign of José. One day turned to two. The family reported his disappearance to police. Three days passed, then four—nothing. They continued to desperately reach out to friends and acquaintances to see if anyone had seen him.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
texanonline.net | Arlene Sanabria |Jayson Larson
24 de julio de 2024. Ese fue el día en que el mundo entero de Maribel Chávez cambió. Su esposo, José, había salido de casa un lunes del pasado mes de julio para hacer lo que ella esperaba que fuera un encargo relativamente rápido. Pero a medida que pasaban las horas y él no había regresado a casa, ella empezó a preocuparse. Pasó un día. José seguía sin aparecer. Un día se convirtió en dos. La familia denunció su desaparición a la policía. Pasaron tres días, luego cuatro y nada.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
texanonline.net | Arlene Sanabria |George Schroeder |Jayson Larson
MARBLE FALLS––Cuarenta y nueve esposas de plantadores de iglesias se reunieron para un tiempo de retiro y capacitación del 31 de octubre al 1 de noviembre, marcando el primer evento de este tipo como parte de la creciente iniciativa de Send Network SBTC en Español. El tema del evento fue “Fundamentos para la esposa del plantador”. Las ponentes fueron Carolina Santander de Georgia, Carla Cox de Arizona y Marjarie Hernández de Nueva York.
