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1 month ago | baptistpress.com | Nancy Thomas |Scott Barkley |Tony Hudson |Tom Strode

WASHINGTON (BP) –Publishing or distributing sexually explicit material of a person without their consent is now a federal crime, and social media platforms and other websites must remove such images within 48 hours of notification. That’s the gist of the bipartisan Take It Down Act President Donald Trump signed into law May 19, which First Lady and former international model Melania Trump lauded as a major point of her Be Best Initiative, and which sex abuse watchdog groups applauded.

1 month ago | baptistpress.com | Nancy Thomas |Scott Barkley |Tony Hudson |Tom Strode

Metadata:Series: First PersonTopic(s): International Mission BoardFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: Editor’s note: Nancy Lyons Thomas served in the first Journeyman class from 1965-1967. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Journeyman program.

1 month ago | baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Tony Hudson |Diana Chandler |Tom Strode

Metadata:Topic(s): Church Planting, International Mission Board, North American Mission BoardFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. (BP) – Connections are important at Connection Church. This has been the case since Stephen Carson arrived in 2014 with his wife, Kaye, to become the pastor. “Connection,” as a concept, doesn’t end with the town of a population around 5,800, either. It extends to missions and church planting.

1 month ago | baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Tony Hudson |Diana Chandler |Tom Strode

Note: The North American Mission Board (NAMB) recently sent $100 checks to a handful of missionaries across North America with a parable-of-the-talents assignment: find a creative, kingdom-building way to spend that money. This is one church planter’s story about what God did with that gift. PROVO, Utah – Culturally speaking, David Gaskins is as far removed from the Bible Belt as a North American missionary can be.