Baptist Press
Baptist Press (BP) serves as the official news outlet for the Southern Baptist Convention and is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Its key functions include issuing regular news updates about Southern Baptists, acting as the press representative for the Convention, and managing news coverage during the annual meetings of the Southern Baptist Convention. Additionally, Baptist Press supplies news content to state Baptist publications. Established in 1946 at the recommendation of state convention newspaper editors, Baptist Press has evolved into the largest religious news service in the U.S. State publications frequently reprint articles and opinion pieces from Baptist Press, allowing editors to share significant news with their local Baptist communities. Aiming to support the wider evangelical audience, Baptist Press focuses on stories and news items that resonate with many evangelical readers. For the Spanish-speaking audience, Baptist Press also offers weekly news and opinion pieces through Baptist Press en Español. Baptist Press is owned by the Southern Baptist Convention and is funded by contributions from Southern Baptists via the Cooperative Program. It operates with a team provided by the SBC Executive Committee.
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baptistpress.com | Brandon Porter |Aaron Earls |Sue Sprenkle |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): Cooperative ProgramFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: MEMPHIS (BP) – The Ellis Auditorium was brand new May 13, 1925, when Southern Baptists met on a spring afternoon and voted to begin the Cooperative Program. Today (May 13), though the auditorium is gone, Southern Baptists gathered a just few yards away from the original location to recommit to cooperative partnership.
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baptistpress.com | Aaron Earls |Sue Sprenkle |Tony Wolfe |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Share this post: I admit the topic of this blogpost might not quickly grab your attention – but I challenge you to keep reading. The world needs us to have this discussion. In fact, our basic Christian obedience is at stake if we ignore this topic. To help you and your church do the Great Commission, here are some ways to begin to think globally. Expand your vision, and perhaps your burden for the nations will increase. Listen to (or read) the news with Great Commission ears and eyes.
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baptistpress.com | Aaron Earls |Sue Sprenkle |Tony Wolfe |Scott Barkley
WAKE FOREST, N.C. — A children’s pastor at a Triangle area church has been arrested for distributing child sexual abuse material involving a young girl. Aaron Luke Bradley, 30, of Wake Forest was arrested on Tuesday, May 6, when Wake Forest Police Department detectives with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force executed a search warrant at a local residence.
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baptistpress.com | Aaron Earls |Sue Sprenkle |Tony Wolfe |Scott Barkley
Metadata: Topic(s): Culture, International NewsFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: PHILADELPHIA (BP) – From a global vantage point unique to its study of the Bible’s impact on U.S. adults, the American Bible Society (ABS) said Americans revere Scripture, faith and church more than others in a geographical cluster described as the “secular west.” Including the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand in the cluster, the ABS said only 37 percent of secular west residents...
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baptistpress.com | Aaron Earls |Sue Sprenkle |Tony Wolfe |Scott Barkley
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — In the past few years, Americans have grown generally more positive toward the Bible, but that doesn’t mean they’re reading it more. According to a Lifeway Research study, U.S. adults increasingly view the Bible as a book worth reading multiple times, but few have actually done so. More Americans describe the Bible as true, life-changing and helpful today, compared to a 2016 Lifeway Research study.
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