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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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1 month ago | 
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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1 month ago | 
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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1 month ago | 
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.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Diana Chandler |Kristen Sosebee |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): MusicFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: NASHVILLE (BP) – Twelve years ago, Randall Goodgame’s family was in the thick of homeschooling. His wife Beth struggled to help the kids memorize their weekly Scripture verses. Goodgame decided to help in a way that came naturally to him – writing songs. It worked. “It worked so well that … within a few weeks I realized, well, this seems important,” Goodgame said in a recent interview with Baptist Press.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Kristen Sosebee |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – El presidente de la Junta de Misiones Norteamericanas (NAMB), Kevin Ezell, será el anfitrión de una serie de sesiones informativas para pastores bautistas del sur de Texas cuyas iglesias están afiliadas a la Convención General Bautista de Texas (BGCT). Las sesiones, que tendrán lugar a principios de 2025, pretenden responder a preguntas y aportar mayor claridad sobre cómo la NAMB puede servir a estas iglesias.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Kristen Sosebee |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
HIDALGO, Mexico (BP) – Unos 150 bautistas desplazados a la fuerza de sus hogares en Hidalgo, México, desde abril han buscado refugio en un estado vecino después de que los líderes católicos del pueblo incumplieran un acuerdo que habría dado la bienvenida a los protestantes a su casa.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
brnow.org | Kristen Sosebee
From passages at sea to airplanes, from shortwave radio to tape recordings, from smartphones to social media, the evolution of technology creates opportunities for greater gospel access among the nations. Now more than ever before, Southern Baptists are in a time and place to leverage technology to reach more people for Christ. When the International Mission Board (IMB) tested a new digital engagement strategy during the Paris Summer Olympics earlier this year, the results were thrilling.
