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baptistpress.com | Sue Sprenkle |Mike Ebert |Chad Austin |Scott Barkley
Short-term volunteer mission projects can make a long-term impact. The key, according to International Mission Board missionaries Cade and Ginny Wheeler, is for the local church to be fully invested and use volunteers within an already existing strategy.
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3 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Mike Ebert |Chad Austin |Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley
What is an emotional affair and why must pastors, elders and ministry leaders fight against succumbing to this temptation? According to one online source, “An emotional affair is a non-sexual relationship involving a similar level of emotional intimacy and bonding as a romantic relationship.” The writer adds that emotional affairs often begin as a friendship and then move to something more involved.
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3 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Mike Ebert |Chad Austin |Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley
(RNS) — Department of Veteran Affairs Secretary Douglas Collins has instructed the agency’s employees to report any instances of anti-Christian bias, including any policies that are “hostile to Christian views” or punishments for displaying Christian symbols. “The VA Task Force now requests all VA employees to submit any instance of anti-Christian discrimination to ” Collins wrote in an email to employees on Tuesday (April 22).
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3 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Mike Ebert |Chad Austin |Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): Churches and Ministry, Discipleship, EvangelismFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) — North Shelby Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., celebrated six baptisms last year on Baptism Sunday, the annual Southern Baptist emphasis that urges churches to “fill the tank” and stir the waters, marking new life in Christ. Lexington Baptist Church baptized one, bringing the church’s total to 50 baptisms over the previous three years.
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3 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Chad Austin |Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): Churches and Ministry, Religious LibertyFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: DURHAM, N.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in support of a lawsuit brought by The Summit Church against the Chatham County Board of Commissioners which alleges that the county denied the church’s rezoning request to build a new worship facility for religious reasons.
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3 weeks ago | 
baptistcourier.com | Chad Austin
North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley will be nominated for a second term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Texas pastor Michael Criner announced April 13. “It is my honor to nominate Clint Pressley for a second term as President of the Southern Baptist Convention,” Criner, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Rockwall, Texas, wrote in a statement to the Biblical Recorder announcing his intent to nominate Pressley during the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting June 10-11 in Dallas.
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1 month ago | 
brnow.org | Chad Austin
CARY, N.C. — The Executive Committee of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina’s board of directors endorsed a policy that provides guidance for how future search committees will conduct their work when filling vacancies for the role of executive director-treasurer (EDT).
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Michaela Classen |Michelle Workman |Aaron Earls |Chad Austin
MBTS, Spurgeon College, partner with Cedarville University for MBABy Michaela Classen/MBTSKANSAS CITY, Mo. – Beginning in May 2025, Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College students will be able to complement their theological education with advanced business training through a new partnership with Cedarville University.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Aaron Earls |Chad Austin |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): LifewayFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Most pastors believe their churches will be around for at least another decade, but that’s not the reality for some. According to a Lifeway Research study of U.S. Protestant pastors, 94 percent believe their churches will still exist in 10 years, 4 percent disagree and 2 percent aren’t sure. Yet, even among the more than 9 in 10 who are looking forward to an extended future, some doubt remains.
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kentuckytoday.com | Chad Austin
ROCKWALL, Texas — North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley will be nominated for a second term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), Texas pastor Michael Criner announced April 13.
