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3 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Karen L. Willoughby |Aaron Earls |Kristen Sosebee |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): Church Planting, EthnicityFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – What possibly is the first Polynesian church in the Southern Baptist Convention started a year ago in a western suburb of Salt Lake City. All it took was connecting a pastor who prayed for 10 years in South Carolina with a church planting catalyst who prayed for 10 years in Utah.
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3 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Aaron Earls |Kristen Sosebee |Karen L. Willoughby |Scott Barkley
When thinking about the number of people attending their church each week, the experience of the average pastor is vastly different from that of the average churchgoer. The most recent Faith Communities Today (FACT) study revealed 7 in 10 U.S. congregations have 100 or fewer weekly service attendees. The average U.S. congregation sees 65 people gather each week.
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3 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Kristen Sosebee |Karen L. Willoughby |David Roach |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): International MissionsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: LUSAKA, Zambia (BP) – Ricky Wilson, founder of the multifaceted Africa Partnership, tells a story he describes as “remarkable.”Bishop Kasongo Malemba told it to him on the mission trip Wilson led to Zambia April 26-May 4, involving 29 volunteers in Gospel-based educational, motivational and humanitarian outreaches.
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3 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Kristen Sosebee |Karen L. Willoughby |David Roach |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): International Mission BoardFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: This year, the International Mission Board is taking a moment to celebrate a significant milestone: the Journeyman program’s 60th anniversary. On June 19, 1965, the Foreign Mission Board began sending out the first participants in a brand-new, Peace Corps-inspired initiative known as the Journeyman program.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Brandon Porter |Timothy Cockes |Kristen Sosebee |Scott Barkley
NASHVILLE (BP) – Federal Judge William Campbell has granted the defense’s request and dropped all but one claim in Johnny Hunt’s lawsuit against the Southern Baptist Convention, the SBC Executive Committee and Guidepost Solutions. “We are grateful for this decision and the forward progress in our legal process,” said Jeff Iorg, SBC Executive Committee president. The only charge left standing against the SBC is related to a tweet Hunt claims defamed him.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Timothy Cockes |Kristen Sosebee |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday (March 31) in a case that will determine whether a Catholic benevolent ministry qualifies for a tax exemption granted to churches. At issue in the case, Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Timothy Cockes |Kristen Sosebee |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): International Mission BoardFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: LIMA, Peru (BP) — Last summer, International Mission Board missionary Holly Smith was feeling discouraged about her language skills. She longed to be able to share Christ with people in the local language, but it was a struggle.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
baptistpress.com | Kristen Sosebee |Zoë Watkins |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
NASHVILLE (BP) — Pro-life groups have longed for the day that no taxpayer dollars are sent to Planned Parenthood. Many say that moment is closer now than ever. “This moment feels like the perfect time to get it done all the way and across the finish line,” said Tim Mackall, policy associate for the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. Organized efforts to defund Planned Parenthood began not long after the Roe v. Wade decision with the 1976 passage of the Hyde Amendment.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley |Kristen Sosebee |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): Churches and Ministry, PrayerFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: WASHINGTON (BP) — Southern Baptist Convention First Vice President Brad Graves delivered the opening prayer in the U.S. Senate chamber March 4 in a visit to the U.S. Capitol that will include attendance at the State of the Union address and other events.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Kristen Sosebee |Aaron Earls |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): Annual Meeting, Churches and Ministry, SBC NewsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: DALLAS (BP) — Texas pastor Juan Sanchez is urging Southern Baptists to re-visit an amendment at the Annual Meeting this June that addresses the definition of pastor/elder/overseer in the SBC Constitution. Virginia pastor Mike Law originally presented an amendment to Article III of the Constitution – which came to be known as the Law Amendment – at the 2022 Annual Meeting in Anaheim.
