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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Brandon Porter |Diana Chandler |Grace Thornton |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): Disaster ReliefFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: SOMERSET, Ky. (BP) – A wave of severe storms ripped across the Midwest and Ohio Valley leaving death and destruction in its wake. Authorities reported at least 20 deaths in Kentucky and seven in Missouri as of midday Saturday (May 17).
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Grace Thornton |Mary Alford |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): International Missions, LifewayFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) – “Women marry,” was reportedly her father’s response when missionary and Bible translator Katharine “Katy” Barnwell told him she wanted to enroll in university in 1950s London. But as her father relented, Barnwell defied convention. She studied linguistics and eventually forged a path to Nigeria where more than 520 languages are spoken.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Grace Thornton |Mary Alford |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Share this post: WASHINGTON (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) gathered a group of Southern Baptist pastors this week (May 14-15) for meetings with elected officials to discuss their policy priorities for Congressional budget reconciliation, including defunding Planned Parenthood.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Grace Thornton |Timothy Cockes |Scott Barkley
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) gathered a group of Southern Baptist pastors this week (May 14-15) for meetings with elected officials to discuss their policy priorities for Congressional budget reconciliation, including defunding Planned Parenthood.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Grace Thornton |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): Southeastern Baptist Theological SeminaryFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: WAKE FOREST, N.C. – Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Judson College welcomed the Southeastern Society (SES) and Board of Trustees to campus for their biannual meeting April 14-15.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Grace Thornton |Charles Jones |Scott Barkley
JOHANNESBURG (BP) – Josh Sullivan, the pastor who was abducted by armed and masked men last week as he preached, was rescued yesterday (April 15) by police after a shootout with his captors in a nearby township. Officers in a “multi-disciplinary law enforcement operation,” said a police statement, received information that Sullivan was being held in a safe house. On approaching the house the team observed a vehicle, whose occupants attempted to flee and opened fire after seeing the officers.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Grace Thornton |Charles Jones |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): National NewsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. (BP) – A church secretary in Florida has been arrested and charged with grand theft after it was discovered she had racked up more than $570,000 in personal charges on a church credit card over a period of years. Melissa Ganey English, 44, was a financial secretary for Amelia Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in Fernandina Beach, from January 2019 to October of last year.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Grace Thornton |Charles Jones |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): DiscipleshipFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: NASHVILLE (BP) – Sam Green, then a 2-year-old healthy toddler, longed to play with his younger brother, perhaps on the playground, perhaps riding bikes. Perhaps he could read to him and maybe they could go to the zoo. Sam had watched his mama’s belly swell and waited months for his brother Timothy Jacob Green – TJ – to be born. In Utero, TJ was diagnosed with Trisomy 18. He lived 56 days, much of it in home hospice.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Grace Thornton |Charles Jones |Scott Barkley
SHOCCO SPRINGS, Ala. – When Karen Gosselin picked the music a year ago for the 2025 OneVoice honor choir, she did it thoughtfully and prayerfully. But she had no idea how the perfect the lyrics would be when it came time to sing them, or that their first audience would be a cafeteria packed full of powerline workers. “We had some incredible unexpected opportunities,” she said.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Grace Thornton |Tessa Sanchez |Tom Strode
Metadata:Format(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: From the beginning of history, God has worked through agents to carry out His mission. Patrick Schreiner, Associate Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Seminary, writes, “[God] enacts His mission and furthers His mission specifically through His people.”First, God created Adam and Eve as His image bearers on earth.
