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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Timothy Cockes |Aaron Earls |Jane Rodgers |Scott Barkley
NEW ORLEANS – The Caskey Center at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary hosted its annual pastors’ conference April 25-26 featuring guest speakers Jeff Iorg and Sam Greer. Iorg spoke to more than 250 pastors and pastors’ wives gathered at the conference about the two primary assignments of Christian leaders – serving Jesus and stewarding the Gospel.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Timothy Cockes |Aaron Earls |Jane Rodgers |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): National News, PornographyFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: WASHINGTON, D.C. (BP) – A bill requiring online platforms to take down nonconsensual intimate imagery within 48 hours brought a rare sign of Congressional solidarity, with nearly unanimous support for its passage. The Take It Down Act, sponsored in the Senate by Ted Cruz (R-TX) with co-sponsors Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and 20 others, passed the House Monday (April 28) by a 409-2 vote.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Aaron Earls |Jane Rodgers |Randy Davis |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): Lifeway, SBC NewsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — In 2024, the Southern Baptist Convention baptized more new members than in any of the previous seven years but still saw an 18th consecutive year of overall membership decline. The 12,722,266 members of Southern Baptist congregations mark a 2 percent decline from 2023, according to the Annual Church Profile (ACP) compiled by Lifeway Research in cooperation with Baptist state conventions.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Jane Rodgers |Randy Davis |Meredith Flynn |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): International NewsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: SUFA, Israel (BP) – Why was Segev Schwartz the only casualty in his battalion of 30 Israeli soldiers when a terrorist tossed a hand grenade in a cafeteria on Sufa Outpost Oct. 7, 2023? That was his mother Sara’s question.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Jane Rodgers |Randy Davis |Meredith Flynn |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): EvangelismFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. – Energy infused the worship center of West Edgecomb Baptist Church in Rocky Mount as the digital timer on the screen at front counted down the minutes. The congregation had reason to celebrate on Sunday, April 27. Five were baptized.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Jane Rodgers |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): International News, Send ReliefFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: MALAKAL, South Sudan (BP) – When minister Zach Potts was in Juba, South Sudan, in February, he was advised to cut his trip short amid escalating political violence that threatens a new civil war.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Jane Rodgers |Chip Hutcheson |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
By Jane Rodgers/Southern Baptist TexanWEATHERFORD, Texas – Many of us have experienced it: the unexpected blessing when someone ahead of you in the drive-thru pays for your coffee or an unknown benefactor covers the cost of your restaurant meal. Unexpected blessings. Random acts of kindness. Since 1995, the U.S. has celebrated a national Random Acts of Kindness Day on Feb. 17.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Jane Rodgers |Tom Strode |Tobin Perry
Metadata:Topic(s): National News, Prayer, Religious LibertyFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: WASHINGTON (BP) — Extolling the importance of religious liberty President Donald J. Trump announced the formation of a task force to “eradicate anti-Christian bias” in the country as well as the launch of the White House Faith Office during the National Prayer Breakfast this morning. The task force will come by executive order today (Feb.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
baptistpress.com | Jane Rodgers |Leslie Caldwell |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Series: First PersonTopic(s): National News, SportsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: On Wednesday (Feb. 5), President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order mandating the end of biological men participating in women’s sports.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
baptistpress.com | Jane Rodgers |Leslie Caldwell |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): LifewayFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: NASHVILLE (BP) – This weekly Bible study appears in Baptist Press in a partnership with Lifeway Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through its Leadership and Adult Publishing team, Lifeway publishes Sunday School curricula and additional resources for all age groups. This week’s Bible study is adapted from the Bible Studies For Life curriculum.
