Biblical Recorder

The Biblical Recorder is a bi-weekly publication released by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSCNC).

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Oklahoma town sees another tornado as storms pass through the region

3 days ago | brnow.org | Scott Barkley

ADA, Okla. (BP) — A second tornado to strike this town in as many months has residents thankful the destruction wasn’t worse, but nevertheless on edge. The combination of tornadoes and straight-line winds, hail and rain left three dead. A woman and 12-year-old boy were found in floodwaters while another person died after a tornado struck near Spaulding, Okla. A total of 17 tornadoes were reported across Texas and Oklahoma on April 19.
Kidnapped American pastor in South Africa rescued after shootout

1 week ago | brnow.org | Scott Barkley

JOHANNESBURG (BP) — Josh Sullivan, the pastor who was abducted by armed and masked men last week as he preached, was rescued yesterday (April 15) by police after a shootout with his captors in a nearby township. Officers in a “multi-disciplinary law enforcement operation,” said a police statement, received information that Sullivan was being held in a safe house. On approaching the house the team observed a vehicle, whose occupants attempted to flee and opened fire after seeing the officers.
Church secretary steals more than $570K from church coffers

1 week ago | brnow.org | Laura Erlanson

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. (BP) — A church secretary in Florida has been arrested and charged with grand theft after it was discovered she had racked up more than $570,000 in personal charges on a church credit card over a period of years. Melissa Ganey English, 44, was a financial secretary for Amelia Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in Fernandina Beach, from January 2019 to October of last year.
NC Baptist EC endorses EDT search policy

1 week ago | brnow.org | Chad Austin

CARY, N.C. — The Executive Committee of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina’s board of directors endorsed a policy that provides guidance for how future search committees will conduct their work when filling vacancies for the role of executive director-treasurer (EDT).
ERLC trustees hear policy updates, select award recipients

1 week ago | brnow.org | Timothy Cockes

NASHVILLE (BP) — The trustee board of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) heard a variety of updates, conducted business and took time to remember their ultimate mission during their spring trustee meeting on Thursday, April 10. Meeting via zoom, the trustees heard reports from the various committees as well as from ERLC leadership. Business during the meeting included the approval of a new officer and nominating committee as well as approving recipients of the entity’s 2025 awards.
NC’s Pressley to be nominated for second term as SBC president

1 week ago | brnow.org | Chad Austin

ROCKWALL, Texas — North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley will be nominated for a second term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), Texas pastor Michael Criner announced on April 13.
Global report looks at rate of those switching to other faiths, or none at all

1 week ago | brnow.org | Scott Barkley

NASHVILLE (BP) — Despite reports that the number of the religiously unaffiliated has flatlined in the U.S., a new study on “religious switching” says this is not the case globally. A Pew Research survey of 36 countries published last month said those disaffiliating with religion altogether substantially outpaced the number moving in the opposite direction. South Korea brought the most movement, as half of adults surveyed said they have switched from the religion they had as a child.
Pressley provides preview of SBC address at WNC pastors’ forum

2 weeks ago | brnow.org | Chad Austin

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A little more than two months before this summer’s Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meeting, SBC President Clint Pressley took part in a recent forum with pastors from western North Carolina.
Oregon church commits to gospel initiative

2 weeks ago | brnow.org | Karen L. Willoughby

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Redemption Church started what Pastor Bryan Bernard calls a gospel initiative last September. Since then, 39 people have made professions of faith in Jesus and 17 have been baptized. The gospel initiative thrust is to last two years. Its goals: 1,000 gospel conversations, 150 people sent on short-term mission trips, 100 new believers, and five people called into full time missions or ministry.
Hundreds of thousands in ‘Space Belt’ within reach of the gospel thanks to CP giving

2 weeks ago | brnow.org | Erin Roach

DICKINSON, Texas — The church plant Kade Pierce is leading is in its infancy, but already he knows the value of the collective support behind him — and it’s something Southern Baptists across the generations also have realized. “Truthfully, the Cooperative Program is helping me make this happen,” Pierce, pastor of Eastside Community Church in Dickinson, said.